1971 GB MUSIC
· Arthur Brown, East of Eden and Colosseum headline at Reading Festival.
· Catherine Howe’s first album is released on RCA. She goes on to tour with and open shows for Chris de Burgh, David Soul, Randy Edelman and Andy Fairweather-Lowe.
· Mick Jagger marries Bianca in St. Tropez. Patrick Lichfield is the photographer.
· Fog on the Tyne by Lindisfarne , released in 1970 on Charisma, is the biggest-selling British album of 1971.
· Ian MacDonald contributes regularly to the New Musical Express.
· John and Beverley Martyn move from London to Hastings
· Hank Marvin moves to Australia
· 10cc are formed.
· Robin Nash is a TOTP producer to 1980. John Lennon performs Instant Karma live on the programme.
· Ozzy Osbourne marries his first wife Thelma.
· Cliff Richard becomes involved with the Festival of Light organised by Mary Whitehouse, Lord Longford and Malcolm Muggeridge.
· Maggie May by Rod Stewart is a number one single in the UK and the US UK
· Model Dee Harrington is Rod Stewart's fiancee, to 1975.
· Funny Funny is the first of Sweet's 15 hit singles. It is written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and is produced by Phil Wainman. Brian Connolly is backed by session musicians.
· Tony Tyler joins the New Musical Express.
· Pork, an Andy Warhol play starring Jayne County , is staged in the UK
· When Olivia Newton-John leaves Bruce Welch, he attempts suicide with barbiturates and brandy. He cancels the milk and newspapers, but forgets about the window cleaner, who finds him. Welch is in hospital for three months.
· Lets See Action single by The Who is released.
1971 GB ALBUMS
1971 abc
o A Musical Evening with Mick Abrahams, the first album by Mick Abrahams, is released on Island .
o America the first album by America
o 666 album by Aphrodite’s Child is released.
o In Hearing Of by Atomic Rooster is released on B&C.
o Once Again, the second album by Barclay James Harvest, is released on Harvest.
o Short Stories, the third album by Barclay James Harvest, is released on Harvest.
o Master of Reality by Black Sabbath is released on Vertigo.
o Hunky Dory album by David Bowie is released on RCA. The album includes Changes, Oh You Pretty Things and Life On Mars.
o Stretching Out album by the Alan Bown Set is released on Island .
o Budgie the first album by Budgie is released on MCA.
o Colosseum Live, the fourth album by Colosseum, is released on Bronze.
o Second Album, the second album by Curved Air, is released on Warner Bros. It contains Back Street Luv.
1971 def
o Fireball, the sixth album by Deep Purple Mark II, is released on Harvest.
o Sing Children Sing the first album by Lesley Duncan is released on CBS.
o The Electric Light Orchestra, the first album by the Electric Light Orchestra, is released on Harvest.
o Long Player, the second album by the Faces (Rod Stewart), is released on Warner Bros.
o A Nod's as Good as a Wink . . . to a Blind Horse, the third album by the Faces (Rod Stewart), is released on Warner Bros.
o Angel Delight, the sixth album by Fairport Convention, is released on Island .
o Babbacombe Lee, the seventh album by Fairport Convention, is released on Island .
o Fearless, the third album by Family, marks John Wetton’s arrival in the band.
o The Original Fleetwood Mac, the sixth album by Fleetwood Mac, is released on CBS. The line-up is Peter Green guitar, vocals/ Jeremy Spencer slide guitar, vocals/ John McVie bass/ Mick Fleetwood drums.
o Future Games, the seventh album by Fleetwood Mac, is released on Reprise. The line-up is Bob Welch guitar, vocals/ Danny Kirwan guitar, vocals/ Christine Perfect keyboards, vocals/ John McVie bass/ Mick Fleetwood drums.
o Free Live, the fifth album by Free, is released on Island .
1971 ghi
o Rory Gallagher, the first album by Rory Gallagher, is released on Polydor.
o Deuce, the second album by Rory Gallagher, is released on Polydor.
o Nursery Cryme, the third album by Genesis, is released on Charisma.
o Gentle Giant, the first album by Gentle Giant, is released on Vertigo.
o Gravy Train, the first album by Gravy Train, is released on Vertigo.
o Ballad Of a peaceful Man, the second album by Gravy Train, is released on Vertigo.
o Split Part Two/ Split Part Three and Split Part One/ Split United States
o Nursery Cryme the third album by Genesis is released on Charisma.
o In Search of Space the second album by Hawkwind is released on United Artists.
o Pause for a Hoarse Horse, the first album by Home, is released on CBS.
o What a Beautiful Place, the first album by Catherine Howe, is released on the independent label Reflection.
1971 jkl
o Jade Warrior album by Jade Warrior is released on Vertigo.
o Aqualung, the fourth album by Jethro Tull, with Martin Barre on guitar, is released on Island .
o Galactic 200 Dossier, the first album by Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come, is released.
o Percy, the tenth album by the Kinks, is released on Pye.
o Muswell Hillbillies, the eleventh album by the Kinks, is released on RCA.
o Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin is released on Atlantic .
o Imagine album by John Lennon is released on Apple. It contains the title track and Jealous Guy. Klaus Vormann is the bass guitar player on the album.
1971 mno
o Do You Like it Here Now, Are You Settling In?, the fourth album by Man, is released on United Artists.
o Bless the Weather, the third album by John Martyn, is released on Island .
o Ram, by Paul and Linda McCartney, the second album by Paul McCartney without the Beatles, is released on Apple. It includes Uncle Albert and Admiral Halsey, Heart of the Country, Back Seat of My Car.
o McGuinness Flint, the first album by McGuinness Flint, is released on Capitol.
o Happy Birthday Ruthie, the second album by McGuinness Flint, is released on Capitol.
o Same Thing On Their Minds album by Jo-Anne Kelly and Tony McPhee is released.
o Every Good Boy Deserves a Favour, the seventh album by the Moody Blues, is released on Threshold.
o Wild Life, the third album by Mott the Hoople, is released on Island .
o Brain Capers, the fourth album by Mott the Hoople, is released on Island .
o Nazareth the first album by Nazareth
o Journey to the Centre of the Eye, the first album by Nektar, is released on Bacillus/Bellaphon in Germany
o Elegy, the fifth album by the Nice, is released on Charisma.
1971 pqr
o Hold Your Fire, the second album by Patto, is released.
o Never Never Land the first album by Pink Fairies is released on Polydor.
o Meddle by Pink Floyd is released.
o Relics album by Pink Floyd is released.
o Dive Deep, the third album by Quintessence, is released on Island .
o Can I Have My Money Back solo album by Gerry Rafferty is released before he forms Stealers Wheel.
o Sticky Fingers, the tenth album by the Rolling Stones, is released on Rolling Stones Records. It contains Brown Sugar, Wild Horses.
1971 stu
o Dog of Two Head, the fourth album by Status Quo, is released on Pye.
o Tea for the Tillerman, the fourth album by Cat Stevens, is released on Island .
o Teaser and the Firecat, the fifth album by Cat Stevens, is released on Island .
o Every Picture Tells a Story, the third album by Rod Stewart, is released on Mercury. It includes Maggie May and I Know I'm Losing You.
o Suicide, the second album by Stray, is released on Transatlantic.
o Saturday Morning Pictures, the third album by Stray, is released.
o Indelibly Stamped the second album by Supertramp is released on A&M.
o The Sutherland Brothers Band, the first album by the Sutherland Brothers Band, is released on Island .
o Thin Lizzy, the first album by Thin Lizzy, is released on Decca. Eric Bell plays guitar on the album.
o Welcome to the Canteen, the fifth album by Traffic, is released on Island .
o Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys, the sixth album by Traffic, is released on Island .
o A Third Of a Lifetime the first album by Three Man Army is released. Drummers include Buddy Miles, Carmine Appice and Mike Kellie.
o Tucky Buzzard, the first album by Tucky Buzzard, is released on Capitol. The group is Jimmy Henderson vocals, Terry Taylor guitar, Paul Kendrick guitar vocals, Nick Graham keyboards, David Brown bass, Paul Francis drums, Chris Johnson drums
o Swarm Slash, the second album by Tucky Buzzard, is released on Capitol.
o UFO, the first album by UFO, is released on Decca. The original guitarist is Mick Bolton and the album is produced by the song writing team of Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett, best known for their work with Cliff Richard.
o Salisbury
o Look at Yourself the third album by Uriah Heep is released on Bronze.
o When You Are a King single by White Plains
o Who's Next, the sixth album by the Who, is released on Track.
o Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy, the seventh album by the Who is released on Track.
o Changes the first non-classical album by John Williams is released. The musicians include John Williams guitar, Herbie Flowers bass, Tristan Fry drums and Francis Monkman keyboards.
1971 vwx
o Wild Life, the first album by Wings (Paul McCartney), is released on Apple.
o Pilgrimage, the second album by Wishbone Ash, is released on MCA.
o Hiroshima London
1971 yz
o The Yes Album, the third album by Yes, is released on Atlantic .
o Fragile, the fourth album by, Yes is released on Atlantic .
o Live at the Fillmore East June 1971 by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention is released on Reprise.
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1971 US
· Blue Cheer split.
· Louis Armstrong dies at his home in New York
· Brothers Ron and Russell Mael form Sparks in Los Angeles
· R. A. Moog Inc's lack of a sound business infrastructure and competition from other firms, such as ARP, forces Robert Moog to sell the company and its name to the entrepreneur Bill Waytena in exchange for the relief of debts of over $250,000. The company later becomes Moog Music.
· Jim Morrison leaves The Doors, for a lengthy rest, and goes to live in Paris
· Stephen Schwartz of Godspell is Most Promising Composer.
1971 US
1971 abc
o Love it to Death the third album by Alice Cooper is released on Warner Bros. It includes Eighteen.
o Killer by Alice Cooper is released on Warner Bros. It includes Under My Wheels and Dead Babies.
o If Only I Could Remember My Name solo album by David Crosby is released on Atlantic .
o Surf's Up, the seventeenth album by the Beach Boys, is released on Stateside. It includes A Day in the Life of a Tree, with lyrics by Jack Riley, and the title track.
o Blue Oyster Cult, the first album by Blue Oyster Cult, is released on CBS. The album includes Stairway to the Stars.
o Manna, the third album by Bread, is released on Elektra.
o Byrdmaniax, the tenth album by the Byrds, is released on CBS.
o One Way . . . or Another, the second album by Cactus (Bogart and Appice), is released on Atlantic .
o A Man in Black, the forty-second album by Johnny Cash, is released.
o International Superstar, the forty-third album by Johnny Cash, is released.
o I Walk the Line (Hilltop), the forty-fourth album by Johnny Cash, is released.
1971 def
o L.A. Woman, the seventh album by the Doors, is released on Elektra. It includes Riders On the Storm.
o Other Voices, the eighth album by the Doors, the first without Jim Morrison, is released on Elektra.
1971 ghi
o Whats Going On by Marvin Gaye is released. The album includes What's Happening Brother, Inner City Blues, Save the Children.
o Live Album, the fourth album by Grand Funk, is released on Capitol.
o Survival, the fifth album by Grand Funk, is released on Capitol.
1971 jkl
o Bark, the seventh album by Jefferson Airplane, is released on Grunt.
o Pearl
o Tapestry by Carole King is released on Ode. It spends 340 weeks on the Billboard album chart and is a number one album in the US
1971 mno
o People Like Us the final album by The Mamas and the Papas is released on ABC Dunhill. The group reform to record the album for contractual reasons.
o Rock Love, the sixth album by Steve Miller is released on Capitol.
o Blue album by Joni Mitchell is released.
o Fillmore East June 1971 album by The Mothers of Invention is released on Reprise.
o Nantucket Sleighride, the second album by Mountain, is released on Island .
o Flowers of Evil, the third album by Mountain, is released on Island .
1971 pqr
o Coat of Many Colours the first album by Dolly Parton is released. It includes the title track.
o What About Me, the fifth album by Quicksilver Messenger Service, is released on Capitol.
o Quicksilver, the sixth album by Quicksilver Messenger Service controlled by Dino Valenti, is released.
1971 stu
o For Ladies Only, the fourth album by Steppenwolf, is released.
1971 vwxyz
o Just As I Am the first album by Bill Withers is released on Sussex
o That’s the Way I Feel About Cha by Bobby Womack is released on Communication/UA.
Originally posted on Wednesday 8th December 2010.
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