Two late '60's classic album releases and an awesomely funky '70's single that we still love to turn way up loud-loud...

(Courtesy of Fantasy Records)
(Courtesy of Fantasy Records)
loading...

11/2/1967 (51 years ago today) - This album completely floored us when it turned out to be a showcase for superb musicianship and not just another trendy psychedelic cash-in: Cream kick it up several notches on the follow-up to "Fresh Cream", their masterful blues-based debut -- "Disraeli Gears" is released on this date and goes on to become one of the best selling albums of 1968, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard chart while re-defining what a "power trio" could do -- It wasn't just the classic singles "Sunshine Of Your Love" and "Strange Brew" either: "We're Going Wrong" sounded like a swirly nightmare, "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" absolutely torched the flower-power competition, while "Swlabr" and "Take It Back" blasted their blues roots to outer space. A must-have LP.

11/2/1969 (49 years ago today) - Creedence Clearwater Revival released "Willy And The Poor Boys" which features the still-played-on-the-radio-every-day classics "Down On The Corner" and "Fortunate Son", along with notable (deeper) tracks "The Midnight Special", "It Came Out Of The Sky" and a cover of Leadbelly's "Cotton Fields" --  Somewhat unbelievably, it was the band's third studio album of the year(!!!); "Bayou Country" came out back on January 5th, and "Green River" on August 3rd -- Makes some of the fussy artists of today look and sound like chump-a-losers...

11/2/1974 (44 years ago today) - Stevie Wonder scored his fourth No. 1 single with the so-funky-you-can-chew-on-it-for-days "You Haven't Done Nothin'", starring The Jackson Five on backing vocals which is exactly the kinda thing you can do when you're Stevie Wonder. Great song...

Share your moves with the Calendar here on our web site and on the WBLM Facebook and Twitter pages with the hashtag #TommysCoffeeBreak.

"We are amazed but not amused/By all the things you say that you'll do...", xoxo!

More From 102.9 WBLM