1971 was another Navy year and much of it was spent at sea. I didn't have the opportunity to keep and collect many new albums except when we occasionally arrived back in Norfolk and I got some leave time.Most of what I have listed here I acquired later in the '70s but there are a few scattered throughout the list that accompanied me on my voyages. Most of my time at sea was in the Caribbean sailing on the USS Portland. We spend time in Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Aruba, Martinique, Curacao, Colombia, Venezuela and of course Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. We made several cruises back and forth and also took a quick trip to the Mediterranean Sea for my first of several crossings of the Atlantic. During this time I got to appreciate the cassette player.
So I did have a few of these albums on the ship in 1971. We could actually buy some albums from the ship store but of course they sold out very quickly. Cigarettes were .25 cents a pack.
Several great albums top this list starting with the Stones' first album using their tongue & lips logo and the controversial Andy Warhol crotch cover which wasn't Mick Jagger. My second pick could very easily be first. It is one of the greatest soul albums of all time.
- The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
- T. Rex - Electric Warrior
- Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
- Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
- Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
- The Who - Who's Next
- The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
- America - America
- Yes - Fragile
- Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
- John Lennon - Imagine
- David Bowie - Hunky Dory
- Elton John - Madmen Across the Water
- Jimi Hendrix - The Cry of Love
- The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
- Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head
- Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
- Joni Mitchell - Blue
- Santana - Santana III
- Isaac Hayes - Shaft
- Carole King - Tapestry
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
- War - All Day Music
- Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
- Laura Nyro & Labelle - Gonna Take a Miracle
- The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
- Janis Joplin - Pearl
- Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge
- Faces - A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse
- Jethro Tull - Aqualung
- The Doors - L.A. Woman
- Badfinger - Straight Up
- Can - Tago Mago
- Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
- John Prine - John Prine
- Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
- Frank Zappa - Fillmore East - June 1971
- Roy Harper - Stormcock
- Traffic - Welcome to the Canteen
- Pink Floyd - Meddle
- John Martyn - Bless the Weather
- Miles Davis - Live-Evil
- Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
- Elton John - 17-11-70
- Bill Withers - Just as I Am
- David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
- Gene Clark - White Light
- Curtis Mayfield - Roots
- Mott the Hoople - Brain Capers
- Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues
- Hawkwind - In Search of Space
- Gong - Camembert Electrique
- The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
- Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
- Groundhogs - Split
- Howlin' Wolf - The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions
- Judee Sill - Judee Sill
- Chicago - Chicago III
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