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Paul McCartney, John Lennon, The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and More Feature on "1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything" Soundtrack

May 25, 2021 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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David Hepworth's 2017 book Never a Dull Moment: The Year That Rock Exploded set forth the author's belief that the year crystallized the "rock era," producing more enduring recordings than any other year in the genre's history.  It's difficult to argue with any year that yielded John Lennon's Imagine, The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers, Carole King's Tapestry, Joni Mitchell's Blue, Elton John's Madman Across the Water, Carly Simon's Anticipation, Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On, The Who's Who's Next, The Beach Boys' Surf's Up, Black Sabbath's Master of Reality, and eponymous debuts from America and Electric Light Orchestra, not to mention Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, Isaac Hayes' Shaft, and other landmark albums that aren't quite "rock" but have proved influential in the genre.

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything is the title of the eight-part documentary series currently airing on Apple TV+.  Based on Hepworth's book, it takes an in-depth look at the varied musical activities of a tumultuous year which saw some artists offering escape, some offering comfort, and still others using their platforms to inform and educate.  Some artists looked inward and others looked outward, but the result was a year of thrilling and often groundbreaking music across the spectrum.  Director Asif Kapadia (the Amy Winehouse documentary Amy) places these varied recordings in context with archival footage of not just the artists - there's choice footage of David Bowie, George Harrison, and Marvin Gaye, among others - but of the people and events informing and inspiring them (Angela Davis, George Jackson, the Attica Prison Riot, religious cults, and early reality TV).

The docuseries is produced by Universal Music Group's Mercury Studios, and so it's unsurprising that the soundtrack will arrive via Universal.  On November 26 (Black Friday), Island Records and UMe will release a 180-gram white vinyl 2-LP soundtrack, with the standard 180-gram black vinyl 2-LP iteration arriving the following Friday, December 3.  The digital version is streaming now.

Its 20 tracks are derived from within the Universal family of labels, so those looking for appearances by Carole King, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, and others featured in the series will have to look elsewhere.  But the line-up is an impressive one, nonetheless, featuring three of the four Beatles; Motown luminaries Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Edwin Starr, and The Temptations; Elton John; The Who; The Rolling Stones; Rod Stewart; Cat Stevens; folk heroes John Martyn and Nick Drake; reggae's The Slickers; and others.  While no CD iteration has been announced, both vinyl soundtracks include download cards.

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything is currently streaming on Apple TV.  You'll find the track listing and pre-order links for the soundtrack LPs below.

Original Soundtrack, 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (Island/UMe, 2021) (Black Vinyl / White Vinyl) (Stream now at Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

  1. John Lennon - Imagine
  2. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
  3. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
  4. Cat Stevens - Peace Train
  5. Elton John - Your Song
  6. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
  7. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
  8. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
  9. Paul McCartney - Another Day
  10. Leon Russell & The Shelter People - Of Thee I Sing
  11. Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting
  12. Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
  13. Edwin Starr - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
  14. Isaac Hayes - Shaft
  15. James Brown - Superbad
  16. John Martyn - Bless the Weather
  17. Nick Drake - Northern Sky
  18. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
  19. The Slickers - Johnny Too Bad
  20. The Beach Boys - Feel Flows

Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Diana Ross, Elton John, George Harrison, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Paul McCartney, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Various Artists

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. The Rock Snob says

    May 25, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    The inclusion of Diana Ross' "I'm Still Waiting" is confirmation this package is coming from a UK slant (just like its author). The song was a #1 smash across the pond, but no more than an album cut here which I bet those other than us Ross-O-Philes remembers. I love this whole series.

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    • Bill Scherer says

      May 25, 2021 at 3:44 pm

      I'm curious if there's a complete list of the songs used in 1971 the year music changed Everything

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  2. Rich says

    May 25, 2021 at 3:36 pm

    Six of these tracks were released in 1970!

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  3. Philip Ellison says

    May 25, 2021 at 5:05 pm

    Marking an NPR 50th anniversary this list, "NPR's 50 Favorite Songs Of 1971", is an interesting comparison. The article includes a Spotify playlist comprising these 50 tunes.

    https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2021/05/03/992097225/nprs-50-favorite-songs-of-1971

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  4. Tod H. says

    May 25, 2021 at 8:17 pm

    Interesting how they chose The Beach Boys’ Feel Flows as the closing track, as Cameron Crowe also used that track for the closing credits of the film Almost Famous.

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