Record of the Day: A Group Called Smith

A Group Called Smith

by Smith

Today's record is "A Group Called Smith" by a group called Smith, lol, which was given to me on my birthday this year :) 

Smith is an American pop/rock band with hard rock and soul-influences. They were formed in Los Angeles, California in 1969. Their first album A Group Called Smith was released on the same year, 1969, and peaked at #5 on the Billboard hot 100 on November 1, 1969. It stayed on the chart for 15 weeks. 

Smith also hit the Top Ten in 1969 with their revised cover of the Shirelles' "Baby It's You" that is on this album. This song features three lead singers and a B-3 Hammond organ. This son features the voice of the bands strongest asset, Gayle McCormick. 

Love her 60's look on the album cover! 

              

"Baby it's you" was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's 2007 film, Death Proof.

Record of the Day: Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Morrison Hotel 

By: The Doors

Morrison Hotel is probably one of my favorite Door's album! This is the Door's fifth album and was released in 1970. In this album, the Door's tried to go back to their roots and added more blues. This album peaked #4 in the U.S charts and #12 in the UK charts. 

The cover of this album is a photo that was taken at the actual Morrison Hotel in Los Angeles (1246 South Hope Street). The owner of the restaurant did not give permission to the Door's to shoot this photo, but they got their way anyways. When they saw that no one was looking, they posed and got the shot. 

The back cover of the album was shot at the Hard Rock Café in Los Angeles (300 East 5th St.) The original cafe is no longer there. The founders of the Hard Rock Café chain now were inspired to chose that name after seeing the back cover of Morrison Hotel. 

                           

Tracks:

Side 1: Hard Rock Café

1. Roadhouse Blues

2. Waiting for the Sun

3. You Make Me Real

4. Peace Frog

5. Blue Sunday 

6.Ship of Fools

Side 2: Morrison Hotel

7. Lan Ho!

8. The Spy

9. Queen of the Highway

10. Indian Summer

11. Maggie M'Gill

My Record Collection

My Record Collection:

This has become my obsession and my hobby for the last 4 years. This all came from my love of classic rock. Everyone is always surprised when I say my favorite music is classic rock, especially because I am only 23, but it's true. Classic rock is what I call GOOD MUSIC - why? Jimmy Page rocking out on his guitar, Jim Morrison writing beautiful poetic lyrics, Neil Peart drumming on probably the largest drum set there is, or Rick Allen drumming with only one hand! These people have talent, real talent! The music you get from classic rock is filled with instruments being played by the best of the best. When I hear Led Zeppelin, I can feel Jimmy Page pretty much make love with his guitar, that's how passionate and good he is with his guitar. Now a days, you don't get that anymore. Today it's just a bunch of DJ's and electronic music. To me, good music it that which is filled with talented musicians. 

So, in order for me to get the best sound from the music I love, I buy records. The beauty of loving classic rock is that I can find everything on vinyl. Even though I can purchase the music on iTunes, I choose not to because the sound is not the same. The sound you get from vinyl is simply amazing. It feels like you are in the studio, hearing them record the vinyl live. It's simply amazing. 

So for that reason, I have been collecting vinyls for the past 4 years. I search for vinyls everywhere - thrift stores, record stores, estate sales and anywhere where I can find used things. I do sometimes order them on line as well, since I like to collect vinyls of modern music like HAIM, Gary Clark JR and more. 

Each day I will be posting 'The Record of the Day' and will be posting one record from my collection. I will try to find some cool information, so that we can all learn something about it :)

I am excited to share my collection with you guys!

My Vintage Inspiration

This here is my sexy mama back in the 80's. Wishing she could of saved that outfit :( hopefully I'll find something like this in a thrift store one day 

Vintage Radios

Great for room decor! 

Found at an Estate Sale in Atherton, CA.

What is Vintage Generation?

Hello everyone! 

My name is Jenny and I utterly adore everything vintage! Vintage Generation is my attempt to create a blog revolving around everything vintage - fashion, music, movies, photography, technology, lifestyle, and anything that is at least 20 years old or is vintage inspired. My aim is to show how fun and easy it is to create your own vintage lifestyle. I will post a range of things such as, my thrift store finds, my collection of vintage records, and my love for vintage cameras and photography.For all those who feel like they were born in the wrong generation, know that you are not alone. We are neither the new nor the old generation, we are the Vintage Generation. 

If you have anything vintage and want to show it off, send me a message and I would love to show it off on my blog :)