1970 was a pretty good year for music. Here's a few encouraging words about the year we left high school and took our first step into Cosmo's factory.

As graduates of C.E. Byrd, we were saying goodbye to the old but it was a brand new me too. We were all going through them changes and couldn't just let it be. We were ready to say our farewells. Although we were alone together, we had a pocket full of miracles and we couldn't wait to strike blows against the empire. But it was a question of balance, wasn't it?

And although raindrops kept falling on our heads, It was still a marvelous night for a moondance. We walked the line and the madcap laughed. Out on Zabriskie Point, we ate some humble pie, a burrito deluxe and burnt weeny sandwiches with the ladies of the canyon

Each of us tried a little kindness as we checked into the Morrison hotel. Sweet baby James - come into my garden, the cruel sister said, and free your mind.

Naturally, we might have had some stage fright and been a bit paranoid but we were ready for the changes as we hit the open road. We knew we needed to take it one day at a time.

There were moments we wished we could turn back the hands of time but we knew better times were coming and we made it happen. There was truly a spirit in the sky.

But with the passing of a few young friends, like candles in the rain, we were also learning that the world could be a bitches brew and all things must pass.

And despite it all…while there was a false start or two along the way, maybe a bridge over troubled waters…we were a struttin' funkadelic band of gypsies in the wake of poseidon at the edge of a desertshore.

So sit down old friend, take the last puff, try a little kindness and have some hot tuna and tea for the Tillerman. Sit back and take a sentimental journey with the music we shared in 1970…but always remember to get yer ya-ya's out!

Oh happy day!

January

    • The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett
    • Wings Upon Your Horns - Loretta Lynn
    • Encouraging Words - Billy Preston
    • Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today! - Tony Bennett
    • Magic Christian Music - Badfinger
    • Back in the USA - MC5
    • A Brand New Me - Dusty Springfield
    • A Song for Me - Family
    • John Phillips (John, the Wolf King of L.A.) - John Phillips
    • Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
    • Chicago - Chicago (aka Chicago II)
    • American Woman - The Guess Who
    • Argent - Argent
    • Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits - Barbra Streisand
    • Hello, I'm Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
    • On the Boards - Taste
    • One Day at a Time - Joan Baez
    • Sit Down Old Friend - Dion
    • This Girl's in Love with You - Aretha Franklin
    • The Ways to Love a Man - Tammy Wynette
    • Try a Little Kindness - Glen Campbell

February

      • Burnt Weeny Sandwich - The Mothers of Invention
      • Zabriskie Point Soundtrack - Various Artists
      • Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
      • Moondance - Van Morrison
      • Andy Williams' Greatest Hits - Andy Williams
      • Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster
      • Black Gold - Nina Simone
      • Climbing! - Mountain
      • The Great Songs of Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison
      • The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other - Van der Graaf Generator
      • Leon Russell - Leon Russell
      • Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends - Screaming Lord Sutch
      • Morrison Hotel - The Doors
      • Nilsson Sings Newman - Harry Nilsson
      • Ronnie Hawkins - Ronnie Hawkins
      • Shazam - The Move
      • Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
      • Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
      • 12 Songs - Randy Newman
      • Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    March

        • Lie: The Love and Terror Cult - Charles Manson
        • Psychedelic Shack - The Temptations
        • Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
        • A Beard of Stars - Tyrannosaurus Rex
        • Hello Darlin - Conway Twitty
        • Band of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix
        • Vintage Violence - John Cale
        • Sentimental Journey - Ringo Starr
        • Bloodrock - Bloodrock
        • Easy Action - Alice Cooper
        • Egg - Egg
        • First Step - Faces
        • Funkadelic - Funkadelic
        • The Isaac Hayes Movement - Isaac Hayes
        • John B. Sebastian - John B. Sebastian
        • Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell
        • Marriage on the Rocks/Rock Bottom - Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes
        • On Tour with Eric Clapton - Delaney & Bonnie
        • Right On - Wilson Pickett
        • Silk Purse - Linda Ronstadt
        • Tom Rush - Tom Rush
        • Tonight I'm Singing Just for You - Country Joe McDonald
        • Watertown - Frank Sinatra

      April

          • Remedies - Dr. John
          • Elton John - Elton John
          • Farewell - Diana Ross & The Supremes
          • Come To My Garden - Minnie Riperton
          • Brinsley Schwarz - Brinsley Schwarz
          • Cricklewood Green - Ten Years After
          • McCartney - Paul McCartney
          • Benefit - Jethro Tull
          • Live Iron - Butterfly
          • Right On - The Supremes
          • What Love Has...Joined Together - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
          • Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
          • Burrito Deluxe - The Flying Burrito Brothers
          • Candles in the Rain - Melanie
          • CJ Fish - Country Joe and the Fish
          • Come Together - Ike & Tina Turner
          • Cucumber Castle - Bee Gees
          • Eric Burdon Declares "War" - Eric Burdon & War
          • Everybody's Out of Town - B.J. Thomas
          • Getting to This - Blodwyn Pig
          • The Grass Is Greener - Colosseum
          • I Looked Up - Incredible String Band
          • It Ain't Easy - Three Dog Night
          • Live Cream - Cream
          • McLemore Avenue - Booker T. & the M.G.s
          • My Kind of Jazz - Ray Charles
          • Oh Happy Day - Glen Campbell
          • Open Blues - Image
          • Peacing it All Together - Lighthouse
          • Portrait - The 5th Dimension
          • Sit Down Young Stranger - Gordon Lightfoot
          • Tammy's Touch - Tammy Wynette

        May

            • Poco - Poco
            • ABC - The Jackson 5
            • Let It Be - The Beatles
            • In the Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson
            • Live at Leeds - The Who
            • Diana Ross - Diana Ross
            • Everything is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
            • Fireworks - José Feliciano
            • Ginger Baker's Air Force - Ginger Baker's Air Force
            • Hot Tuna - Hot Tuna
            • I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Peter Nero
            • Quatermass - Quatermass
            • Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - Andy Williams
            • Something for Everyone - Sammy Davis, Jr.
            • Tom Paxton 6 - Tom Paxton
            • Will You Visit Me on Sunday? - George Jones
            • Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More - Various Artists
            • The World of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash

          June

              • In Rock - Deep Purple
              • Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest
              • Home - Procol Harum
              • Third - Soft Machine
              • Self Portrait - Bob Dylan
              • Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead
              • Alone Together - Dave Mason
              • Are You Ready - Pacific Gas & Electric
              • Better Times Are Coming - Rhinoceros
              • Changes - The Monkees
              • Charley Pride's 10th Album - Charley Pride
              • Ecology - Rare Earth
              • Electronic Meditation - Tangerine Dream
              • Entrance - Edgar Winter
              • Fire and Water - Free
              • Fotheringay - Fotheringay
              • Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart
              • Hark! The Village Wait - Steeleye Span
              • Kristofferson - Kris Kristofferson
              • Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em & Sings 'Em - Loretta Lynn
              • Memphis - Petula Clark
              • Norwood - Glen Campbell
              • On Stage - Elvis Presley
              • Open Road - Donovan
              • Parachute - The Pretty Things
              • Runt Runt  - Todd Rundgren
              • Struttin' - The Meters
              • Them Changes - Buddy Miles
              • Turn Back the Hands of Time - Tyrone Davis
              • Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble - Uriah Heep
              • Vehicle - Ides of March
              • We Made It Happen - Engelbert Humperdinck
              • You & Me - Jerry Butler

            July

                • Cactus - Cactus
                • Supertramp - Supertramp
                • Time and a Word - Yes
                • Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
                • Absolutely Live - The Doors
                • Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad
                • Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic
                • Full House - Fairport Convention
                • Fun House - The Stooges
                • Humble Pie - Humble Pie
                • James Gang Rides Again - James Gang
                • John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
                • The Last Puff - Spooky Tooth
                • Mona Bone Jakon - Cat Stevens
                • Mungo Jerry - Mungo Jerry
                • Osmium - Parliament

              August

                  • Future Blues - Canned Heat
                  • A Question of Balance - The Moody Blues
                  • Signed, Sealed & Delivered - Stevie Wonder
                  • Weasels Ripped My Flesh - The Mothers of Invention
                  • Chapter Two - Roberta Flack
                  • Stage Fright - The Band
                  • Close to You - Carpenters
                  • After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
                  • Sunflower - The Beach Boys
                  • Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers
                  • Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton
                  • Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way - Roy Orbison
                  • Hawkwind - Hawkwind
                  • Just for Love - Quicksilver Messenger Service
                  • Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Joe Cocker
                  • Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon - Status Quo
                  • Metamorphosis - Iron Butterfly
                  • Mongrel - The Bob Seger System
                  • The Rill Thing - Little Richard
                  • Sex Machine - James Brown
                  • Something - Shirley Bassey
                  • Spirit in the Dark - Aretha Franklin
                  • Whales & Nightingales - Judy Collins

                September

                    • Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert - The Rolling Stones
                    • 8 - The Jackson 5
                    • (Untitled) - The Byrds
                    • Kiln House - Fleetwood Mac
                    • Paranoid - Black Sabbath
                    • Performance - Various Artists
                    • Idlewild South - The Allman Brothers Band
                    • Beaucoups of Blues - Ringo Starr
                    • A Pocket Full of Miracles - The Miracles
                    • Abraxas - Santana
                    • Curtis - Curtis Mayfield
                    • Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster
                    • Easy Does It - Al Kooper
                    • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album - Glen Campbell
                    • If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan
                    • Johnny Winter And - Johnny Winter
                    • Leftover Wine - Melanie
                    • Loaded - The Velvet Underground
                    • Mad Shadows - Mott the Hoople
                    • The Magnificent 7 - The Supremes & The Four Tops
                    • New Feelin' - Liza Minnelli
                    • The Original Human Being - Blue Cheer
                    • Share the Land - The Guess Who
                    • Snowbird - Anne Murray

                  October

                      • Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
                      • Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
                      • The Jackson 5 Christmas Album - The Jackson 5
                      • New Morning - Bob Dylan
                      • Chunga's Revenge - Frank Zappa
                      • Trespass - Genesis
                      • Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
                      • The Andy Williams Show - Andy Williams
                      • Bloodrock 2 - Bloodrock
                      • The First Lady - Tammy Wynette
                      • The First 10 Years - Joan Baez
                      • The Johnny Cash Show - Johnny Cash
                      • Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominoes
                      • Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
                      • New Ways but Love Stays - The Supremes
                      • The Partridge Family Album - The Partridge Family
                      • Shooting at the Moon - Kevin Ayers
                      • Skid - Skid Row
                      • Tapestry - Don McLean
                      • Tony Bennett's Something - Tony Bennett
                      • U - Incredible String Band
                      • UFO 1 - UFO
                      • USA Union - John Mayall
                      • Washington County - Arlo Guthrie
                      • We Got to Live Together - Buddy Miles
                      • Woodsmoke and Oranges - Paul Siebel
                      • Wrong End of the Rainbow - Tom Rush

                    November

                        • The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
                        • No Dice - Badfinger
                        • That's the Way It Is - Elvis Presley
                        • Barrett - Syd Barrett
                        • His Band and the Street Choir - Van Morrison
                        • The J. Geils Band - The J. Geils Band
                        • Stephen Stills - Steve Stills
                        • Straight Life - Freddie Hubbard
                        • Tap Root Manuscript - Neil Diamond
                        • Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
                        • Christmas and the Beads of Sweat - Laura Nyro
                        • All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
                        • Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
                        • Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One - The Kinks
                        • Play It Loud - Slade
                        • Airconditioning - Curved Air
                        • Almost in Love - Elvis Presley
                        • American Beauty - Grateful Dead
                        • Anyway - Family
                        • Be a Brother - Big Brother and the Holding Company
                        • Blows Against the Empire - Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship
                        • Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
                        • Confessions of the Mind - The Hollies
                        • Cruel Sister - Pentangle
                        • Despite It All - Brinsley Schwarz
                        • Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes
                        • I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
                        • Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk
                        • Live Album - Grand Funk Railroad
                        • Medusa - Trapeze
                        • Most of All - B.J. Thomas
                        • Naturally - Three Dog Night
                        • Number 5 - Steve Miller Band
                        • Scott Joplin: Piano Rags - Joshua Rifkin
                        • Starsailor - Tim Buckley
                        • Steppenwolf 7 - Steppenwolf
                        • ...To Be Continued - Isaac Hayes
                        • Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit
                        • 13 - The Doors
                        • Warhorse - Warhorse

                      December

                          • The End of an Ear - Robert Wyatt
                          • Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash
                          • Pendulum - Creedence Clearwater Revival
                          • Ginger Baker's Air Force 2 - Ginger Baker's Air Force
                          • John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band
                          • Lizard King - Crimson
                          • Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band - Yoko Ono and Plastic Ono Band
                          • T. Rex - T. Rex
                          • The Best of Top of the Pops '70 - Top of the Poppers
                          • The Black-Man's Burdon - Eric Burdon and War
                          • Daughter of Time - Colosseum
                          • Desertshore - Nico
                          • False Start - Love
                          • From Me to You - Charley Pride
                          • H to He, Who Am the Only One - Van der Graaf Generator
                          • Highway - Free
                          • Kingdom Come - Sir Lord Baltimore
                          • Live - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
                          • Looking On - The Move
                          • Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East - Miles Davis
                          • Ry Cooder - Ry Cooder
                          • Soul Rebels - The Wailers
                          • Watt - Ten Years After
                          • What About Me - Quicksilver Messenger Service