Blog: 30 Days Out

Warner/Reprise accounted for the second half of 1972 with two more double-LP samplers, both with the variety that characterized the previous offerings. The wide range of musical styles was heightened by the fact that the label also distributed records from other imprints including Bearsville (Foghat), Bizarre (Frank Zappa & the Mothers), Brother (Beach Boys), Capricorn (Allman Brothers), Chrysalis (Jethro Tull), Pentagram, Raccoon and Viva. On Burbank, we got to hear some more rock from Alice Cooper, with "Public Animal #9," some bloozy boogie from Foghat, some New Orleans from The Meters with "Cabbage Alley" and good ol' Arlo [...]