40 From 40 refers, as you've likely forgotten, to forty tracks from each of forty years, and this extended weekend we're going to tick off the alpha and omega of our chosen timeframe. 1970 first, a year when the 1960s hadn't quite finished yet - the Beatles were still officially a going concern until Paul announced his lack of plans in a Q&A to promote his debut solo album in April and then filed court documents for their dissolving on New Year's Eve. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin died within two and a half weeks of each other at the same age, Simon & Garfunkel released their final album together and Mike Nesmith left the Monkees. The Isle Of Wight festival brought about the age of the outdoor field-based hootenanny, that and other open-air and collective events over the early summer inspiring a tiny affair in Pilton later in the year. Musically, soul was at the end of its first golden age, the singer-songwriters were on the march and loud things we couldn't understand yet were coming into focus.
Edwin Starr - War
The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
The Equals - Black Skinned Blue-Eyed Boys
The Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
The Supremes - Stoned Love
Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time
The (Detroit) Spinners - It's A Shame
Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
Booker T & the MG's - Melting Pot
Bob & Marcia - Young, Gifted And Black
Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, A Message To You
The Upsetters - Clint Eastwood
Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number
John Lennon - Instant Karma!
The Last Poets - When The Revolution Comes
James Brown - Super Bad (Parts 1 & 2)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Segun Bucknor & His Revolution - La La La
George Harrison - Wah-Wah
Syd Barrett - No Good Trying
Badfinger - Come And Get It
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
The Beatles - Across The Universe
Nick Drake - At The Chime Of A City Clock
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
James Taylor - Fire And Rain
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon
David Ackles - That's No Reason To Cry
Van Morrison - Moondance
The Kinks - Powerman
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
The Rattles - The Witch
Deep Purple - Black Night
The Stooges - T.V. Eye
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Amon Düül II - Archangels Thunderbird
T. Rex - Ride A White Swan
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