'Let It Be' is the 12th and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on May 8, 1970, almost a month after the group's break-up, in tandem with the documentary of the same name. Apple Records
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The Time Machine makes a stop in 1970 this week. The Beatles made it official and broke up — but left us a nice parting gift and a bunch of solo material. We lost guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, and two weeks later, Janis Joplin, both at age 27. Edwin Starr dropped one of Motown's first protest songs. Joni Mitchell wrote an anthem for Woodstock. We first heard Loretta Lynn's story in her song “Coal Miner's Daughter.”
And it was good to be in Baltimore as the Orioles won the World Series and the Colts won the Super Bowl. It's all 1970, our year on this episode of Time Machine Tuesday.
Loretta Lynn released the single, "Coal Miner's Daughter," on October 5, 1970. It became the title track of Lynn's album released on January 4, 1971.
Decca Records
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'Band of Gypsys' (sic) is a live album by Jimi Hendrix and the first without his original group, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was recorded on January 1, 1970, at the Fillmore East in New York City with Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums, frequently referred to as the Band of Gypsys. It contains previously unreleased songs and was the last full-length Hendrix album released before his death.
Capitol Records
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'Pearl' is the second and final solo album (and fourth album overall) by Janis Joplin, released on January 11, 1971, three months after her death on October 4, 1970. It was the final album with her direct participation, and the only Joplin album recorded with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, her final touring unit.
