August 15, 2017 Playlist

Hippie Xmas - Junk Vinyl
   
"The Magician's Birthday" by Uriah Heep (1973)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Uriah Heep "The Magician's Birthday"  1972 (UK)
It's Hippie Xmas again in Madison! So this week we play only the most dumpster-worthy cheep old records. This week's classic album is a solid heavy rock release by one of the big names of the early 70's, and nobody should pay more than a dollar or two to get a decent copy of this album. Though not as plentiful as old Moody Blues and Emerson Lake & Palmer records in the bargain bins of used record shops, Uriah Heep is pretty close. This is a mark of an artist that was once immensely popular, but which the sands of time have rendered uncool over the years. Exactly the type of crusty oldies we like on the Kosmik Radiation show! Uriah Heep was basically the missing link between Deep Purple (heavy metal featuring an electric organist dueling a guitar god) and Queen (operatic vocals and campy theatricality), but also one of the many bands that lost the heavy rock competition to the mightier Black Sabbath and commercial kings of hard rock Led Zeppelin. Personally, I like their classic run of 1971-1972 LPs quite a bit (they did four albums in those two years!), of which Magician's Birthday was perhaps the best. The titular track is a hard rock/prog/camp masterpiece (yes, they do sing a few choruses of"Happy Birthday" to the Dear Magician in his Impenetrable Fortress Of Love). Aside from a couple dull keyboard ballads, the rest of the album is solid hard rock. 
(N) = New Release
   
Artist Song Album Year Country
RigHave A CigarRig1970USA
Joyfull NoiseWhat, Me Worry?The Joyfull Noise1968USA
Gary WrightToo Late To CryExtract1970UK
Graham Central StationHairGraham Central Station1974USA
The Jimmy Castor BunchThe Everything ManJimmy Castor (The Everything Man) And The Jimmy Castor Bunch1974USA
 
 
Male Gaze African RipoffMiss Taken (N)2017 (Castle Face)USA
The Rick Ray Band Killing TimeKilling Time (N)2017 (Neurosis)USA
Charles Boyd Open Your MindB-Sides Or I Fuck Corpses (N)2017 (Charles Boyd)USA
The Striped Bananas Swirling Colors In My MindStone Of Madness (N)2017 (Cosmic Sunshine)USA
   
 
The TemptationsHey Jude (The Beatles)Puzzle People1969USA
The Friends Of DistinctionNew Mother Nature (The Guess Who)Whatever1970USA
Earth Wind & FireMake It With You (Bread)Last Days And Time1972USA
   
 
Uriah Heep The Magician's Birthday The Magician's Birthday
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1972
 UK
QueenThe Night Comes DownQueen 1973
UK
Uriah HeepBlind EyeThe Magician's Birthday
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1972
UK
RushA Farewell To KingsA Farewell To Kings 1977
Canada
Uriah HeepSweet LorraineThe Magician's Birthday
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1972
UK
   
 
WizzardYou Can Dance Your Rock & RollWizzard's Brew1973
UK
RabbittNever Gonna Ruin My Life
   / Tribal Fences		A Croak And A Grunt In The Night1977USA
HeadstoneKarmaHeadstone1975USA
Wishbone AshSometime WorldArgus1972
UK
Ten Wheel Drive with Genya RavanTightropeConstruction #11969USA
   
 
JourneyTopazJourney1975USA
Jade WarriorWave Birth (conclusion)
   --> River To The Sea
   --> Groover		Waves1976UK
MaduraDoctor Honoris Causa (Joe Zawinul/Weather Report)Madura II1973USA
Teegarden & Van WinkleAlright Mama (live)An Evening At Home With Teegarden & Van Winkle1968USA
Ozark Mountain DaredevilsChicken TrainOzark Mountain Daredevils1973USA
 
  
Plan 9Sea HuntSea Hunt1987USA
      
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