1971 – not so easy! Tapestry by Carole King

Oh Blimey, this is actually going to be really difficult. Just realised the amazing Tapestry by Carole King was out in 1971 – though I didn’t discover it until 1987 during a summer of illicit explorations with my girlsfriend’s ex-girlfriend and her mother’s record collect. umm. Now there’s memory! …this top 40 is going to be very revealing at this rate!

Packed with hits and memorable songs recorded by loads of people since.

Favourite song on the album – “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”

1971 – an easy year?

1971. Imagine by John Lennon.

Thought I’d start with an easy year to pick as this album contains one of my fav songs ever, which would be, funnily enough, Imagine. I can’t remember this album from the time obviously, being only 3 years old! I’m a big Bealtles fan, and particularly like John Lennon’s contributions to the band as well as his solo stuff. It’s not my favourite John Lennon album – that would be Shaved Fish, the compliation album from about 1974. But I haven’t decided yet if I’ll include compilations in the Top 40 or not – it seems like cheating! …Though there have been some spectacular compilation albums – think, Louder than Bombs by The Smith…

So maybe I should pick Shaved Fish as my John Lennon album and save 1971 for something else?…