Night Sun Mournin’ soon shortened their name to just Night Sun, during which time they went through various line-up changes until their 1972 recording of the Mournin’ LP.
Steve Fossen finished his college education before he also decided to move to Canada in late 1972
But after two more albums, 1971’s Thirds , and the live album James Gang Live in Concert released later that same year, Walsh, who was tired of the pressure of doing most of the writing and singing and being the only melodic instrument in the trio, left the band in…
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In early December 1971, the band travelled to Switzerland to record Machine Head . The album was due to be recorded at the Montreux Casino using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio , but a fire during a Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention concert, caused by a man firing…
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Led Zeppelin released their fourth album on 8 November 1971. The album is officially untitled but variously referred to as Led Zeppelin IV , Untitled , IV , or, due to the four symbols appearing on the record label, as Four Symbols , Zoso or Runes . The band had…
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Their follow-up studio album Killer , released in November 1971, continued the commercial success of Love It to Death and included further single success with ” Under My Wheels “, ” Be My Lover ” in early 1972, and ” Halo of Flies “, which became a Top 10 hit…
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By the end of 1971 it became clear, according to Hensley, that he, Byron and Box had become the tightly knit nucleus of the band. Feeling marginalised and having recently been badly shaken up when he was involved in an accident in Germany in one of the band’s cars, first…
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Within weeks of Fireball ‘ s release, the band were already performing songs planned for the next album. One song (which later became ” Highway Star “) was performed at the first show of the Fireball tour, having been written on the bus to a show in Portsmouth, in answer…
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In 1971 Wilson had to replace Mike Waller (when he left because he wanted to play guitar) and so two new members (Wullie Davidson who performed on vocals, harmonica and flute, and Donald MacLachlan who played guitar) were recruited by Wilson and this changed the sound of the band to…
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By this time, Gerry Bron’s deal with Philips/Vertigo was over, so he set up his own label, Bronze Records . The third album was recorded in the summer months of 1971, during the band’s three visits to Lansdowne. “It was the point in time when the band really found a…
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