Music Of Our Time [CBS Sampler LP 1971]

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Music Of Our Time [South Africa 1971]
Music Of Our Time [South Africa 1971]

In 1971, CBS South Africa released a budget sampler album, which was my introduction to a number of great bands and artists across a variety of genres.

Tracks

SIDE A

  1. Livin’ In Heat – Chase
  2. In And Out Of Love – The Rascals
  3. Nightmare #5 – Al Kooper
  4. Lowdown – Chicago
  5. If Not For You – Bob Dylan
  6. Celebration – Argent
  7. Wrong End Of The Rainbow – Tom Rush
  8. Devil Lady – Dreams
  9. Blackpatch – Laura Nyro

SIDE B

  1. Things Yet To Come – Sweathog
  2. Se A Cabo – Santana
  3. Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen
  4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash (live 1970) – Johnny Winter
  5. Get It – Music Corporation
  6. C’mon (live 1971) – Poco
  7. Move Over – Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band
  8. Give It Everything You Got – Edgar Winter’s White Trash
  9. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me) – Blood, Sweat & Tears

Playlists & Mixes

Mixcloud

The “Music Of Our Time” album recreated as a mix on Mixcloud.

YouTube

The “Music Of Our Time” album recreated as a playlist on YouTube with an added 30-second AI-created instrumental as an introduction.

Spotify

Sometime in the late ’70s I recorded this album onto a C90 cassette and expanded it (to fill up the cassette, of course!) with a few other favourite songs of mine. I have recreated that C90 as a Spotify playlist, though not all songs are available.

Tracks for C90 cassette / Spotify playlist

SIDE A

  1. Livin’ In Heat – Chase
  2. In And Out Of Love – The Rascals
  3. Nightmare #5 – Al Kooper
  4. Lowdown – Chicago
  5. If Not For You – Bob Dylan
  6. Celebration – Argent
  7. Wrong End Of The Rainbow – Tom Rush
  8. Devil Lady – Dreams
  9. Blackpatch – Laura Nyro
  10. What’cha Gonna Do – Azteca
  11. Evening Over Rooftops – The Edgar Broughton Band
  12. In Part – May Blitz (not available on Spotify)

SIDE B

  1. Things Yet To Come – Sweathog
  2. Se A Cabo – Santana
  3. Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen
  4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash (live 1970) – Johnny Winter
  5. Get It – Music Corporation (not available on Spotify)
  6. C’mon (live 1971) – Poco
  7. Move Over – Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band
  8. Give It Everything You Got – Edgar Winter’s White Trash
  9. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me) – Blood, Sweat & Tears
  10. Big John Is My Name – Rare Earth
  11. When I Need You Most Of All – David Buskin

Mixcloud (expanded mix)

In April 2020, I compiled all of the 18 songs from the “Music Of Our Time” album into a mix, and then expanded it with another 18 songs off the same albums that were originally sampled.

Tracks for Mixcloud mix

1. Livin’ In Heat – Chase
2. In And Out Of Love – The Rascals
3. Nightmare #5 – Al Kooper
4. Lowdown – Chicago
5. If Not For You – Bob Dylan
6. Celebration – Argent
7. Wrong End Of The Rainbow – Tom Rush
8. Devil Lady – Dreams
9. Blackpatch – Laura Nyro
10. Things Yet To Come – Sweathog
11. Se A Cabo – Santana
12. Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen
13. Jumpin’ Jack Flash (live 1970) – Johnny Winter
14. Get It – Music Corporation
15. C’mon (live 1971) – Poco
16. Move Over – Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band
17. Give It Everything You Got – Edgar Winter’s White Trash
18. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me) – Blood, Sweat & Tears
19. Get It On – Chase
20. Cry Baby – Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band
21. Love Letter – The Rascals
22. The Ballad Of The Hard Rock Kid – Al Kooper
23. The Approaching Storm – Chicago
24. The Man In Me – Bob Dylan
25. Chained – Argent
26. Jazzman – Tom Rush
27. Try Me – Dreams
28. Beads Of Sweat – Laura Nyro
29. Still On The Road – Sweathog
30. Hope You’re Feeling Better – Santana
31. Last Year’s Man – Leonard Cohen
32. Johnny B Goode (live 1970) – Johnny Winter
33. Are You Ready – Music Corporation
34. I Guess You Made It (live 1971) – Poco
35. Keep Playin’ That Rock ‘n Roll – Edgar Winter’s White Trash
36. Go Down Gamblin’ – Blood, Sweat & Tears

Release information

LP: 1971, CBS, MOOT.1 Discogs

Comments

Limited Offer: R1.35

Album compiled by: Allan McInnes
Sleeve notes: Muriel Pienaar

Some album covers had a sticker showing the low price of R1.35.

“Get It” by Music Corporation, off the Are You Ready? album, is the only South African song to appear on this compilation.

Related Playlists

Music Of My Time (Music Of Our Time Volume 2)

Originally compiled on a C90 cassette (in the ’80s), this mix (from 2016) was inspired by 2 compilation albums MUSIC OF OUR TIME [CBS, 1971] and SUCK IT AND SEE! [Vertigo, 1973]

Originally titled MUSIC OF OUR TIME VOL. 2, I decided to rename it as MUSIC OF MY TIME as it reflects my personal tastes from that time.

Tracks

1 Love Song by Brinsley Schwartz
2 Sunken Rags by Marc Bolan
3 Classified by Pete Townshend
4 Supermen by David Bowie
5 Oh No! Not The Beast Day by Marsha Hunt’s 22
6 Bump ‘n Grind by Jackson Heights
7 Get Your Rocks Off by Manfred Mann’s Earthband
8 Catherine Of Aragon by Rick Wakeman
9 Sun Music by Skin Alley
10 Bouree by Jethro Tull
11 Do It (live) by Pink Fairies
12 Piece Of My Heart by Big Brother & The Holding Company
13 Hold Me Tight by Ten Years After
14 Vagabond Of The Western World by Thin Lizzy
15 I’ve Got Eyes For You Baby (live) by Alvin Lee & Co
16 Lost Johnny by Hawkwind
17 Drug Store Truck Driving Man (live at Woodstock) by Joan Baez & Jeffrey Shurtleff
18 Volunteers (live at Woodstock) by Jefferson Airplane
19 Coming In To Los Angeles (live at Woodstock) by Arlo Guthrie
20 Life Child by Ramases
21 Book Of Saturday by King Crimson
22 Who Needs Ya? by Steppenwolf
23 The Red And The Black by Blue Oyster Cult
24 Shake Your Money Maker by Fleetwood Mac
25 Roadhouse Blues by Status Quo

In The Time Of Our Lives

In the late ’60s and the ’70s a number of Record Labels released budget-priced Sampler albums to promote their artists. I loved them and they introduced me to a number of tunes and artists that fast became favourites.

So here is a sample from some of my favourite sampler albums. Some of these albums were unique to South Africa or had different track listings to their overseas counterparts. And in some cases unique versions or unique edits of songs were featured.

Tracks

1. Somebody To Love – The Great Society
2. Suzanne – Judy Collins
3. Morning Glory – Tim Buckley
4. You Don’t Love Me – Al Kooper & Stephen Stills
5. Time – Dino Valente
6. Meet On The Ledge – Fairport Convention
7. Piece Of My Heart – Janis Joplin
8. A Song For Jeffrey – Jethro Tull
9. Fresh Garbage – Spirit
10. You Can All Join In – Traffic
11. Gasoline Alley – Wynder K Frog
12. Like Honey – Argent
13. Sing Me A Song That I Know – Blodwyn Pig
14. Marrakesh Express – Crosby, Stills & Nash
15. See To Your Neighbour – The Electric Flag
16. Tired Of Waiting For You – The Flock
17. Memphis Underground – Herbie Mann
18. In The Time Of Our Lives – Iron Butterfly
19. Best Woman, Best Friend – Mahogany
20. Gungami – Quintessence
21. Sympathy – Rare Bird
22. Living In Sin – Skin Alley
23. Eat My Words – Taste
24. Polar Bear Rug – Ten Wheel Drive
25. Maybe You’re Right – Cat Stevens
26. Changes – Donovan
27. The Sea – Fotheringay
28. Again And Again – The Greatest Show On Earth
29. Down Home Boy – High Mountain
30. Thunderbuck Ram (“Bumpers” version) – Mott The Hoople
31. Hazey Jane I – Nick Drake
32. Fever – Otis Waygood Blues Band
33. Embryo – Pink Floyd
34. Black Sheep Of The Family – Quatermass
35. The Whip – Suck
36. That Did It – Freedoms Children
37. Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen
38. Get It – Music Corporation
39. Get Your Rocks Off – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
40. (Oh No! Not) The Beast Day – Marsha Hunt’s 22
41. It’s A Game – String Driven Thing
42. Clearlight Symphony, part 2 (excerpt) – Clearlight
43. Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut (“V” version) – Hatfield & The North
44. The Messiah (excerpt) – Slapp Happy & Henry Cow
45. White Noise 2: Concerto For Synthesizer (excerpt) – White Noise
46. Sun In The Night – Brand X
47. Out In The Sun – Patrick Moraz
48. The Sphinx In The Face – Van Der Graaf Generator

Please also see this post

’70s Compilation Albums that helped shape my music tastes
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