Morning - Struck like Silver (1972)

Back in April 2018, not long after I started this blog, I posted the 1970 album "Morning" by the band Morning. I don't usually post a studio album without any changes, but I did in that case in part because that album is long out of print, but also because I think it's a really great, five-star album. It's strongly reminiscent of bands from that era like Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Eagles, and America, and it should have sold millions like those artists did. Instead, it's remained totally obscure.

You can find that here:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2018/04/morning-morning-1970.html

Morning actually put out two albums in their short career. Yesterday, I got a request from someone who asked me to post their other album, "Struck like Silver" from 1972. It's also long out of print, and possibly even more obscure. I think that's a reasonable request, so here it is.

However, I need to say that the reason I didn't post it until now is that I consider it a merely good album, not a great one. The band members themselves were disappointed in that album, and split up shortly thereafter. Still, if you enjoy the early 1970s country rock sound, this is right up your alley.

This album is 39 minutes long.

01 I Ain't Gonna Leave (Morning)
02 In a Better Frame of Mind (Morning)
03 Only to Say Goodnight (Morning)
04 [He Played Real Good] For Free (Morning)
05 Struck like Silver (Morning)
06 Understand My Ways (Morning)
07 Comin' in Love (Morning)
08 Jay's Movie Song (Morning)
09 And Now I Lay Me Down (Morning)
10 Never Been to Spain (Morning)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15252819/Mrning_1972_StrcklikeSilvr_atse.zip.html

The album cover is just the exact cover from the released album.

Morning - Morning (1970)

I didn't do anything to this album - I just really love it and want to help more people discover it. I would consider it a five-star album that's similar and equal to the best albums done by Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Byrds, America, and the like, in the mellow country rock vein.

In a better world, this album would have sold millions of copies. But instead the band is so obscure that Wikipedia doesn't even have a page about them, and it's hard to find anything about them on the Internet at all. However, I did come across this one informative essay:

http://www.nickwarburton.com/wordpress/?cat=13

In short, this was a group that had multiple singers and songwriters, and were briefly together for this album plus one in 1972, "Struck like Silver," that isn't nearly as good. I don't know what it is, but this album had a spark that one did not. My least favorite song here would be better than the best song on that second album. This is the one to have.

A lot of great music that was ignored when it came out has been rediscovered decades later. Nick Drake's music is a good example of that. But, unfortunately, Morning remains just as obscure as ever. Maybe it's not weird enough for the types of people who like to discover obscure gems? These guys were writing songs that should have been hits, with lush multiple part harmonies, good lyrics, and catchy melodies.

This album is 38 minutes long.

01 Angelena (Morning)
02 Early Morning (Morning)
03 Tell Me a Story (Morning)
04 Easy Keeper (Morning)
05 Roll 'Em Down (Morning)
06 Sleepy Eyes (Morning)
07 New Day (Morning)
08 As It Was (Morning)
09 Time (Morning)
10 It'll Take Time (Morning)
11 And I'm Gone (Morning)
12 Dirt Roads (Morning)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15252795/Mrning_1970_Mrning_atse.zip.html

The album cover is the official cover, unchanged.