World’s Worst Pop Albums? Easy answer, but each genre has its very own. However, I have a few examples to offer — at the very top of the list is one of my closest friends in 1966-69, Wildman Larry Fischer, who appears with Frank Zappa, his mentor and producer:
And then there was the inimitable and thoroughly “Star Quality” diva of the 1960s,
Yep, you guessed it; hadda be Pentangle.
But that’s not always what Pentangle sounded like. Continue reading
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Gayle was stunningly drop-dead gorgeous, bursting with positive energy and expansiveness that enabled her to become one of the biggest stars of the Los Angeles rock scene — but then, suddenly, bam! She dropped out of sight, leaving a legacy with “Smith” and a few indie singles that made the charts to #44, not an impressive showing. What the heck-darn happened to her, anyway? Continue reading
Sandy Denny was without a doubt the greatest rock vocalist of the late 1960s, including everyone you can name, yet she’s totally obscure, wiped off the face of the Earth, the Forgotten Queen of Acid Rock. Why??? The answer is crystal clear … Continue reading