A growing appreciation for Quadrophenia (the album)…

Another week, another excellent BBC documentary revealing the story of a classic 70s rock album: a few week's back it was Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here; last week it was Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane; this week it's The Who's double album Quadrophenia. When Quadrophenia was first released, back in 1973, I liked …

Bowie, Ziggy, and my teenage years…

Thanks to an older brother's fairly extensive record collection, the soundtrack to my '70s teenage years was supplied by the likes of King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Bowie, Black Sabbath, John Martyn, ELP, The Beatles, Hawkwind, Jethro Tull, The Stones, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Hendrix, Yes, The Who, Led Zeppelin, …