After the Burnin' album in 1973, Bunny and Peter left the Wailers. Bob and the Barrett brothers rhythm section kept on keepin' on, releasing Natty Dread in '74, Live! in '75 and, on this day in 1976, Rastaman Vibration . It's probably my favorite Marley album. Well, that and maybe Live! . I guess  Catch a Fire  is up there too, for that matter.  Rastaman  is one of my favorite Marley albums. Even the casual fan should own it, as it shares no cuts with Legend . Later that year Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer each released their first solo albums, Legalize It and Blackheart Man . Shuffled into a playlist together with Bob's album, we get Wailers '76.

I was surprised that Todd wasn't already in the the Hall. He's produced groundbreaking albums. He's produced hit albums. I think he's even produced some groundbreaking hit albums. Something/Anything is cited as a masterpiece, and while there's a good LP's worth of tunes there, I don't really get the slow piano/Laura Nyro style pieces. If I'm going to listen to him, I'm most likely to put on his first band, the Nazz. Although pushed as a teeny bopper band, they played a heavy, psychedelic power pop.  Their debut single - " Open My Eyes " - was arguably their best. It has it all and should have been a big hit. Maybe Todd agrees, he reworked the vocal line into " Who's That Man ". It is certainly their best known, having appeared on the original Nuggets compilation. The promotional video used to get some play as a "closet classic" back when MTV used to play music videos. The flip side was " Hello, It's Me ...