At 73 this still comes out of my collection to play for people who think they know the paths of music.
@jingles71174 ай бұрын
Same-same, brother… I was 22 when I first heard “Rising” and I was hooked on the relaxed jazz modes of Mark-Almond, and was thrilled with this next release. City and New York State of Mind were my favorites and I still get that urge to hear them often.
@bulldog5873 Жыл бұрын
one of those songs that you would hear on a FM station in the 70's after hours
@00stargazer Жыл бұрын
Surprisingly, I heard it on an FM station about 10:30PM a couple of days ago. Really caught my attention...again.
@tomcostello82204 ай бұрын
93.3FM, WMMR, Philadelphia
@victorbuiser16952 ай бұрын
DZUW 1310fm, Philippines
@victorbuiser16952 ай бұрын
DZUW 1310fm, Philippines
@krisscanlon4051Ай бұрын
Yeah this post is the essence of old radio FM etc...progressive rock but not prog
@junofluke10 ай бұрын
Simply outstanding. I saw these guys at the Fillmore East as part of John Mayall's band. I was 17 and in high school. I never understood the general public's lack of enthusiasm for the band. I played this album over and over. Lots of nostalgia every time I hear it. Thanks for sharing.
@michaelscott74627 ай бұрын
Consider yourself blessed beyond measure my friend.. I caught them at Princeton University... Perhaps 1971. .outstanding!
@GeorgeKane-fw2bd4 ай бұрын
I first saw them open for YES ( on Yes first American tour ). Emerson Lake and Palmer were also on the tour. The crowd booed the Mark Almond band , ELP walked of the stage after Keith plunged a knife into his keyboard and stormed off. YES killed it , the crowd went wild . It was certainly a bad choice of bands . Mark Almond was great but not appropriate for that Philadelphia crowd
@loumorheim57048 күн бұрын
I saw then at the east they opened for Richie Havens
@annasoucek64074 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with this at 16 . At 65 it’s still working.
@2005rosebud3 жыл бұрын
Me too. Still working at 66
@doylegaines13193 жыл бұрын
17 & 67 here...
@stephenrowan89353 жыл бұрын
Still have My vinal albumn!
@duanewyman9772 жыл бұрын
Living in Vegas in the early '80s, this song & Lee Canyon (Mt Charleston) were my escape from the City...
@Behutet932 жыл бұрын
I was 19 when this came out. KSJO played this. Now I am 69 & it is fresh as ever still.
@homemountain3333 жыл бұрын
They don't make 'em like this anymore. A masterpiece.
@marynovak5800 Жыл бұрын
He sounds like he's ripped off the melody from Emerson, Lake and Palmer's song, "from the beginning"...how come EL&P didn't drag him into court for plagiarizing?....Led Zeppelin did that!
@user-kk1ne9wf7jАй бұрын
@@marynovak5800 Great minds think alike, mediocre minds whine and moan. 😭
@jimwilson-storey81389 ай бұрын
Brilliant! I was twenty-three when I first heard, "The City," I'm now seventy-five, and it still sounds so incredible.
@terryfriend164 жыл бұрын
If you were listening to Mark Almond in the 70's you were either an artist or a writer.
@larrylinn85894 жыл бұрын
I was just an outcast.
@jeancoughlin54904 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily. FM radio was programmed by DJ's back then. You could hear Howlin' Wolf. Miles Davis and Buffy St. Marie in the same hour. Or if a new Beatles album came out they might play the entire thing. That was what the old tv show WKRP was about. Before corporate programming of crap.
@GeorgeKane-fw2bd4 ай бұрын
They played a lot in early 70s. With bands such as the Eagles , YES , ELP . If you lived on the East Coast you probably heard them .
@miguelangelperezmartin8688Ай бұрын
Musician and actor..
@chazhernandez6933Ай бұрын
A musician at 13. Writer later songs. Poems and books! Good observation! 😎
@SueBHoney-cq8co2 жыл бұрын
Longing for another time and place ...
@MzKlara2 жыл бұрын
Memories of my old apt. in SF with a bunch of other hippies, gathered around the radio, speechless.
@mkh3d Жыл бұрын
This was a regular in our repertoire in the mid-70s. They were great with John Mayall ! I really miss this kind of music and this quality of musicians
@karenpecchio28095 жыл бұрын
oh what I would give to go back for maybe a weekend...when really everything was ok...17 was a great age
@michaelkline27913 жыл бұрын
Oh so true.
@maggiemae6736 Жыл бұрын
I have this vinyl album. My late husband Jim Sweeney knew them on Maui in the 70"s and they stayed at his place upcountry Maui. I love this album and Jimmy too.
@clh3z0 Жыл бұрын
discovering this in 2023 is just brutal
@thomasdreyer23893 жыл бұрын
I attended concert in Des Moines, Mark/Almond was opener for Joe Cocker. I was really into Cocker and though Mark/Almond were really good, (really), I was there with great anticipation for Cocker. I loved the "Room To Move" album they played on, but didn't realized, until all over, that was who they were. Even more, I thought this was part of the Allman Brothers, duh. Cocker couldn't hit a note he was so burnt out, extremely disappointing. I wish I would have taken more seriously the opportunity I had to listen to Jon & Mark, they were pure and refreshing. Oh Well, you live and learn. Been probably 50 years since I heard this song. 5 Stars.
@hexc0nn3922 жыл бұрын
Did Almond have a drummer at all during the show?
@craigvogel2935 Жыл бұрын
Absolutly beautiful fell in love with this tune when I was fifteen still in love
@user-om5yu4qw8e Жыл бұрын
jonny almond is incredible saxophone player wow
@donaldkoester90964 жыл бұрын
This is HEAVEN! ... me thinking of my youth in ST. LOUIS hearing this on KSHE-FM t 1 a.m. coming home from a wild night out there! IN THE CITY.......
@JordanCreek13 жыл бұрын
I was across the river, the radio made it over
@JordanCreek13 жыл бұрын
You nailed it, crossing the bridge late after a night out, headed back East
@billdoerr52713 жыл бұрын
19 years old. Now 67. Peace out.
@billdoerr52713 жыл бұрын
I’m 66. Shit.
@loisfurlo87094 ай бұрын
@@billdoerr5271 I'm 70 - double shit! Great band, listened to the record album until I wore it out!
@christinehanscombe932410 ай бұрын
At 76 years of age still a huge favourite❤❤
@botellajuan6 жыл бұрын
Well, I slept last night in the open Down by a redwood tree Yes, I slept last night in the open Just to let, just to let, just to let my soul free I don't want to know, I don't want to go I don't want to go back into the city It's just a long long long lonely taxi ride Going nowhere Well, I slept last night in the open (It gets so hot in the city) Down by a redwood tree (It gets so hot in the city) Yes, I slept last night in the open Just to let, just to let, just to let my soul free I don't want to know, I don't want to go I don't want to go back into the city It's just a long long long lonely taxi ride Going nowhere
@nickpappalas6948 Жыл бұрын
Great music doesn't get any better than this. Really miss those days
@tonyadams45332 жыл бұрын
Listened to this track in Phoenix, AZ in the 70's by the way of KDKB. Finally made it back full circle. Nice.
@user-ip5dm6jf8k7 ай бұрын
KGB in San Diego played a lot of jazz-rock fusion. These guys were tight!
@stuartsmith10572 жыл бұрын
there isn't a note out of place on this incredible, velvety smooth groove... wow, happy to have stumbled across these fellas, crazy good!!!
@homervargas8165 Жыл бұрын
KRTU-FM 91.7 San Antonio Texas. My wife to be Sara would always request this timeless jam! What a beauty! Middle 70's were great times & great music!
@user-ip5dm6jf8k5 ай бұрын
KGB-FM in San Diego would play this whole album.
@marstondavis6 жыл бұрын
This group was far ahead of their time...and this is a great song. Listen to this album on a long drive. It's just so good then.
@taffyjones2813 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see these two as part of the John Mayall "Turning Point" tour, back in the day. Johnny Almond was an absolute genius on saxes and Flute! I loved this album in my student days. Great to hear this again 👍
@andyokus57352 жыл бұрын
Damn right you were lucky. The Turning Point made me into being the Jazz player I am today. And I ain't no slouch.
@gregbryan1485 Жыл бұрын
I saw them also, at fountain Street church in Grand Rapids, almost danced with God
@docvega54652 ай бұрын
One of my favorite tunes after all these years!
@BCTGuitarPlayer5 жыл бұрын
I first heard this as a freshman in high school on the radio so that would have been 1971?!
@jimmycalderon81117 жыл бұрын
I seen this band at the Santa Monica civic Aud. in1973. A treasured memory that I can re-play as if it was yesterday, we all need something like this in today's music, it sets you free !!!
@larrycasillas4071 Жыл бұрын
I was there as well! Born and raised in Santa Monica great concert Blonde Leb Columbo Red beautiful
@larrycasillas40719 ай бұрын
I was there too! I’m 70 yrs old
@voltron888883 жыл бұрын
Heard this on the radio today and had to Shazam it. What a fantastic, chill tune.
@MrScottbaxter4 жыл бұрын
Mark and almond were with John mayall on USA union. Amazing album too.
@TomTom-xp2jb3 жыл бұрын
And also Turning Point, my favourite John Mayall / Jon Mark and Johnny Almond project!!! Steve Thompson was awesome on bass guitar too!!! 🌟🌟🌟
@LarryHawkesOriginal8 жыл бұрын
Some of the best jazz ever recorded...
@jeffryhammel3035 Жыл бұрын
From a jazz lover of music from the 30's to today, I totally agree.
@RSomersJr11 жыл бұрын
Wow. So tight. Almost a year since it was posted. Maybe 40 years since I heard this song which bubbled up from my memory last night. Life is good. God is good! What great sax!! What great piano.
@olander6664 жыл бұрын
Maybe 45 years since I heard it! Mellow jazzy acoustic guitar BLISS.
@tonycalderon67912 жыл бұрын
Soooooo GOOD
@markmaier31434 жыл бұрын
I still say "smooth as a Johnny Almond sax solo"
@joesalama910512 жыл бұрын
I love these guys and such a shame they didn't make a bigger impression on the music buying public
@markbridwell89723 жыл бұрын
John Mayall loved these guys too . Too bad they "disappeared" so unnoticed _ _ a tragedy really .
@tommartha Жыл бұрын
Heard this yesterday on satellite radio. I had forgotten all about it. Loved it in the 70s, and it's still so smooth and silky!
@BobRoden-vy8oi4 ай бұрын
I heard it on WXPN today the moods of Ben Vaune and I think I’ve played this three or four times already bringing me back to my youth 16 years old early 70s
@jackbrown6976 жыл бұрын
No Body makes great music like this anymore. 40+yrs' since I first bought this album and people are still truly amazed.
@isorokudono5 жыл бұрын
Check out my old buddy Johnny doing his solo Music Machine.....
@reuireuiop03 жыл бұрын
Look up Still Joe by the Flat Five & most of their Album World of love& hope Or, check out internet web radio like FIP and try their groove or jazz channel. Flux from Berlin almost must one or two groovy stations!
@a.ritchie15253 жыл бұрын
Good music lasts forever!
@charleshull50553 жыл бұрын
I also have it, very old.
@annasoucek64074 жыл бұрын
Still have this album. Fantastic 🎵
@user-ip5dm6jf8k7 ай бұрын
Me too!
@mikeanscombe56305 жыл бұрын
Tony Duffy, now passed, introduced me to Mark-Almond in ‘71...I owe him one...rest easy, fella...
@concatinate4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your friend...but at least, the music is eternal.
@jantrieger45003 жыл бұрын
NICE THOUGHT FOR YOUR AMIGO!
@bmuhamad10 жыл бұрын
Arranged By [Brass And Harmony Arrangements] - Johnny Almond, Tommy Eyre Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Vibraphone, Vocals, Congas, Flute [Concert Alto, Bass] - Johnny Almond Bass [First], Percussion, Vocals - Rodger Sutton* Cover [Concept], Design - Ian Latimer Guitar [Classical], Electric Guitar, Bass [Second], Percussion, Lead Vocals - Jon Mark Photography By [Cover] - Richard Dunkley Piano [Concert], Electric Piano, Vocals, Organ, Flute [Second], Percussion, Guitar [Second] - Tommy Eyre Producer [Production Supervisor] - Hugh Murphy Written-By - Jon Mark (tracks: A1 to B1)
@gerwynevans27295 жыл бұрын
Saw them in 1972 at what was then the local teachers training college in the Uplands district of Swansea. It was their first gig back in the UK following a long tour in the US. They played brilliantly in front of an audience of no more than about sixty students. One of the best gigs I've seen to this day.
@MrBillinoregon10 жыл бұрын
Had this LP in high school. Wore it out.
@silvanusslaughter9 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@lawrencenahlik98058 жыл бұрын
a jazz lullaby.
@TempleOfFilm3 жыл бұрын
i had Mark-Almond II album in high school - and i still do! and plenty of wear and tear all right.
@williamfarmer38412 жыл бұрын
Mark Almond band was a favorite of mine for their cool jazzy sound.
@luisalvaradoquesada2427 Жыл бұрын
The BEST of music.
@salamanca1954 Жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece. Complex, never losing the flow, blending so many instruments and lyrics. Sheer beauty.
@TheIsreal031212 жыл бұрын
One of those underapprecited, underrated bands that never quite made it.
@jimforsythe31294 жыл бұрын
They made it in my book -- that's all that matters -- can't help it that the rest of the people were not groovy to dig it and were listening only to top 40 hits-- though maybe half of those were pretty good too.
@kristofernewton4224 жыл бұрын
...Naw....They MADE IT.
@tostenakichania20434 жыл бұрын
Beeing here prooves their success
@dorsetles53 жыл бұрын
@@tostenakichania2043 Time for a revival of their tracks.
@taosrain12 жыл бұрын
Cool nights upstate every once in a while makes the city fresh again.
@stevenelson81908 жыл бұрын
Wow. Haven't heard this in 40 years. Memories.....
@andyr13137 жыл бұрын
Me too- hadn't heard this since the old KSAN days here in NorCal...
@glendafield97975 жыл бұрын
Eh, not since back in the day....
@olander6664 жыл бұрын
@@andyr1313 KFIG in Fresno, CA back in 1970-71. That was before FM radio became formulaic and specialized.
@francesformiller76678 жыл бұрын
Love this song. It was a favorite of mine so long ago...and I lost it for years....🌛☔🌎🎶🎶
@robinjackson78825 жыл бұрын
Frances A Danna So did I. So glad to have found it!
@ManuelDeleon-n8b4 күн бұрын
Never seen these guys, but my compadre and I always dug these guys
@jimmymacnj6 жыл бұрын
listened to this a million times many moons ago... great sound...
@BrerRobot3 жыл бұрын
Friday saturday night I'm sleepin in a hollar next to a spring fed stream. just to let my soul be free.
@OriginalStosh4 жыл бұрын
I first noticed Mark Almond on The Turning Point with Mayall. Genius, my favorite album esp on the road.
@davidlogan97772 жыл бұрын
Saw Mark Almond in '72 sounded just like this live.so cool and soulful feel of Cityscape ..
@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын
I remember this when it came out in the summer 🌞 of 1971 big hit
@ftlpope5 жыл бұрын
Great album off the 1970s beaten track. I remember this well. Got a vinyl copy of this some time in the 1990s but heard it when it was released.
@alvintexas58592 жыл бұрын
My freshman year in college, living in Clark dorm at Texas Christian University, hearing this song playing in someone's room in the dorm. What memories!
@APL3141592655 ай бұрын
Takes me back to my college years, saw them seral times at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, PA a tiny coffee house, probably seated 120 people. They did exceptionally long shows each song was extended by solos from each member. Danny Richmond on percussion was the best era for the band.
@DonTomaso332 жыл бұрын
Incredible
@007mperez4 жыл бұрын
The blacklight in on...and getting low....killer song..!!
@charlieg13378 жыл бұрын
saw them at the Troubador in West Hollywood....incredible...the sax was as big as Johnny Almond...great music!!!
@annasoucek4163 жыл бұрын
I can still see the room I was in when I first heard this song. I still have the album and the experience .
@DavidnBCNV2 жыл бұрын
First heard this in late 70s.Brings back real city memories best sax I've ever heard .
@larrycasillas40719 ай бұрын
Late 70’s? Where were you bro
@kbtube81254 жыл бұрын
I love how real and imperfect it is.
@greatestmusiclive61754 жыл бұрын
I love REAL and imperfect musicians. I don't like the polished and perfect bands like Queen: BORING!
@mariavictoriaperezdiez74293 жыл бұрын
Why day that?
@mariavictoriaperezdiez74293 жыл бұрын
Say
@josephbecquet-ahn37346 жыл бұрын
Played this until I wore grooves in the grooves. Great tune with great memories attached.
@stephendemeter58062 жыл бұрын
I have woowded many with this tune and is on my top 10 list
@rebotnie67393 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mom and Dad You Raised Me on good music. The ghetto breaks my heart every time give it a listen. Peace
@TyStephens2 жыл бұрын
This one just stuck its head out of my vinyl collection on a day of cleaning the apartment! Begging me to play it, and boy, am I glad I listened!! This is music by musicians. Thought-out, conceptual, personal and intimate while opening up a world of styles! Guys, what year was it? It doesn't appear on my cover or label. All I know is I discovered it while working my High School after-school job at Flag Brothers shoe store in Philly (Upper Darby)! The two mangers had an awesome rock collection that we played over the system. I eventually got to bring in music and pick some of theirs to get us through the day! Freakin' awesome!!!! Those were beautiful days of discovery and growing. I wish today's generations had such beauty to dig into.
@slyslaughter51156 жыл бұрын
High school was so sophisticated and erotic when you put this on the turntable.
@drewdietz21153 жыл бұрын
I hear ya Sly, saw these guys live a long time ago. groovin my man, groovin.....
@slyslaughter51153 жыл бұрын
@@drewdietz2115 Let us keep groovin'. It's the spirit.
@drewdietz21153 жыл бұрын
@@slyslaughter5115 you got brother, I'm right with ya.
@kaosreigns2k11 жыл бұрын
high school memories for sure!
@drewdietz21153 жыл бұрын
their rendition of New York State of Mind is the best baby!!!!
@graham28522 жыл бұрын
One word beautiful
@chazhernandez69332 ай бұрын
I was in junior high seventh grade and my older brother would always play it then I found it in total make out light candles. Ha! 65 now and still lighting candles.
@chazhernandez69332 ай бұрын
My 13 year old girlfriend and candles i meant.
@davecawkwell40795 жыл бұрын
I saw them in the early 70's in Baltimore at the Morris Mechanic Theater and it stuck with me for decades.
@phatdaddy3202 Жыл бұрын
Such smooth music. Love it.
@prestonpresley68853 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing and mesmerizing album. The Ghetto, Love. Tramp and the Young Girl
@kkvz22287 жыл бұрын
In 1971, when I was 20, I had a roommate who worked in a record department. She would get albums given to her by reps. She gave this one to me. I still love it.
@JasonKavetis7 жыл бұрын
You still have that record from 1971?
@harrylaws22605 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that got mine at Peaches in cut out bin $1.00 I think 1972?
@joelledoll24665 ай бұрын
Love this album Fabulous music since 1971!
@rickbartolacelli86062 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure I only heard this one played on KSAN way back when. And I was reintroduced to it last year by none other than Terry McGovern, on his Saturday 11am show on KPCA.
@brucefeiring748110 жыл бұрын
Saw them once, opened the show for J J Cale !!!! What a peaceful night ..
@1kevincrossley8 жыл бұрын
+Bruce Feiring Was that at the San Diego Sports Arena in '73? I was there too!
@brucefeiring74818 жыл бұрын
No Phenix
@robertskuy47126 жыл бұрын
That would of been really great. Seen J J Cale a few times, would of loved to see that pairing.
@mikehaight86643 жыл бұрын
Wished I had been there!
@gregthornton42096 жыл бұрын
saw them live in an opera house. cleanest sound reproduction I have ever heard.
@57curtnevan10 жыл бұрын
Mayall brought them together, the rest is history. They definitely had their own sound. If you want your mind blown, listen to Jon Mark's ALHAMBRA album. Enjoy the evolution of a Brit guitarist as he enters the 21st century. Vey cool!
@lachavez559 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Greta history
@57curtnevan9 жыл бұрын
The Turning Point (Mayall 1969) is an all time fav of mine, partly because Room To Move inspired me as a budding harmonica player. Also the way Mayall & co added a Jazz fusion with Blues, and WITHOUT a drummer!
@harrylaws22605 жыл бұрын
Yeah John May all I bout forget him check out Room to Move sometime. Chicka Chicka wot?
@bmuhamad10 жыл бұрын
2007 digipak pressing features the debut album from former John Mayall sidemen Jon Mark and Johnny Almond plus six additional tracks pulled from their albums Mark-Almond 2 and Mark-Almond '73. The band had acquired a great reputation by constant touring but also had quite a history between them prior to playing with Mayall. Between the two of them, they had previously worked with artists like Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, Alan Price, Zoot Money and many more. 11 tracks total. Body Heat.
@mesisson9 жыл бұрын
A unique gem for the time.
@chazhernandez7012 жыл бұрын
This was my make out song in the 70’s. Course i was in Jr high. And high school. 👍🏼
@StevesSlideandJazz3 жыл бұрын
Am7th and D7th over and over....perfect actually.
@michaelmiller82054 жыл бұрын
I have this album and the last time I listened to it, it sounded as if I was sitting around a camp fire. Makes me choke up a little.
@SRSOS5 жыл бұрын
This is some chill, dope shit man.
@TheHeliumkid2 жыл бұрын
don't gay it up
@Dlrealife11 жыл бұрын
Incredibly GREAT Band... Incredibly GREAT song
@kevinoconnor62210 жыл бұрын
I saw them at the Academy of Music in 72 or so . Compost was 1st, booed offstage. These guys game out and said something like give us a chance and won the audience over. And then came Yes for my first time!
@marissadower-morgan33136 жыл бұрын
My god I almost for got this one..so wonderful
@AndreaMartinez-jm4lh2 жыл бұрын
Love this slow groove.takes me back to a time of 60s
@rickleborman11 жыл бұрын
I have this LP in a box somewhere - scratched to hell from playing it so much back in the day.
@positiveleanings3023 Жыл бұрын
Before I started seeing the Dead, 7:41 seemed like a long song. I did get to see this band and also got to see Jon Mark as the guitarist in John Mayall's band touring the "Turning Point" album.
@jamoore031211 жыл бұрын
Man I loved this jam when I was a kid ! I have to say it was probably the starting point of loving jazz along with Rock . Just tried to download it from ITunes ...NOT ! I will have to try and find it somewhere . For those of you that never heard of these two they used to play with John Mayall ..Peace !
@kirahastings99004 ай бұрын
Used to play this every night before going to sleep. Still have this and several of their other albums.
@meyergoldberg63864 жыл бұрын
Am doing the album challenge on FB, and this gem popped into my head! It has been locked away too long. Such an incredible album! It took me far away and still does!
@anthonylovato5614 Жыл бұрын
Electric piano takes where I need to be! Right to the sax lead......*^◇☆!
@A-RA-N6 жыл бұрын
wow !
@1bluezlovinkat8 жыл бұрын
I ran out and bought this song when it came out way back when!
@carlodangelo83486 жыл бұрын
Ive been through a 40+ year span of work, marriage, kids, divorce..and this pops in my head..before all that,there was this magical era, and it was always good.