Alex Gadd

Category: Third Albums

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    Alice Cooper – Love It to Death

    (Album ©1971, Warner Bros. Records) Alice Cooper was a band out of Phoenix that evolved slowly through the mid to late-’60’s, finally settling on a name that they thought sounded innocent, a “sweet little old lady name” that would contrast with their music and stage show. They were initially signed on Frank Zappa’s Straight Records…

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    Yes – The Yes Album

    (Album ©1971, Atlantic Records) Yes helped to define the prog rock genre in the early ’70’s, and that started with their third album, 1971’s The Yes Album. After making two rather forgettable albums of marginally interesting rock music, where the highlights were covers of the Beatles, the Byrds, Richie Havens, and Stephen Stills, they were…

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    Third Albums

    I grew up finding bands and performers that I liked from the radio, and then in my teens, via MTV as well. Once I found a band I liked, I would work backwards through their records, really digging in to their music and the progression of their sound and songwriting from album to album. And…

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