Black Sabbath release their third album : ‘Master of Reality’ featuring ‘Children of the Grave’ (1971)
Black Sabbath‘s ‘Master of Reality’ is their third studio album produced by Rodger Bain and released on July 21, 1971 by Vertigo.
The Moody Blues release their seventh album : ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Favour’ (1971)
The Moody Blues‘ ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Favour’ is their seventh album produced by Tony Clarke and released on July 21, 1971 by Threshold Records
Funkadelic release their third album : ‘Maggot Brain’ (1971)
Funkadelic‘s ‘Maggot Brain’ is their third (and the last that featured the original lineup) studio album released on July 12, 1971 by Westbound.
Keith Jarrett records ‘The Mourning of a Star’ with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian (1971)
Keith Jarrett‘s ‘The Mourning of a Star’ is an album recorded on July 8, 9, 16 and August 23, 1971 with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian and released the same year by Atlantic.
Isaac Hayes releases ‘Shaft,’ the soundtrack of the Gordon Parks movie ‘Shaft’ (1971)
Isaac Hayes‘ ‘Shaft’ is the soundtrack (released on July 2, 1971 by Enterprise) of the eponymous American ‘blaxploitation’ film directed by Gordon Parks.
Island publish Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s second album : ‘Tarkus’
Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s ‘Tarkus’ is their second studio album recorded in London and released on June 14, 1971 by Island.
The Mothers record ‘Fillmore East – June 1971,’ live in New York City (1971)
The Mothers’ ‘Fillmore East – June 1971’ is a live album recorded at the famous New York City venue on June 5–6, 1971 and released on August 2, 1971 by Bizarre/Reprise.
Douglas Records publish John McLaughlin’s ‘My Goal’s Beyond,’ his third solo album (1971)
John McLaughlin‘s ‘My Goal’s Beyond’ is his third solo album dedicated to Indian guru Sri Chinmoy, his spiritual leade aAnd released in June 1971 by Douglas Records.
Bill Withers releases ‘Just As I Am,’ his debut album featuring ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ (1971)
Bill Withers‘ ‘Just As I Am’ feat. ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ is his debut studio album released in May 1971 by Sussex.
Harvest publish Roy Harper’s fifth album : ‘Stormcock’ (1971)
Roy Harper’s ‘Stormcock’ is his fifth studio album produced by Peter Jenner and released in May 1971 by Harvest
Mercury release Rod Stewart’s third album : ‘Every Picture Tells a Story’ featuring ‘Maggie May’ (1971)
Rod Stewart‘s ‘Every Picture Tells a Story’ is his third studio album released in May 1971 by Mercury.
Weather Report @ Norddeutscher Rundfunk
On September 3, 1971, Weather Report plus three european horn players did a two hours radio broadcast on "Jazzworkshop" a Norddeutscher Rundfunk program. Taped in Berlin, the radio show is…