Singers & songwriters : 1970-1971.
(Music)

Artists notes by Billy Altman and discography on insert.

Compact discs.

Previously released as 7813-2/R81202 in 2000.

Various artists.

"One of the interesting shifts in pop music during the early 1970s was a return to the kind of acoustic-oriented songs that had been associated with the folk revival of the previous decade. As an alternative to the mounting decibel of hard rock, as well as an emotional respite from the late '60s, the gentler sounds of folk-based music turned out to be just the right tonic for a generation hoping to lighten its load. Not surprisingly, then, a good number of performers who emerged as pop stars in the early '70s had roots in '60s folk music..."