The Kingsmen – “The Upper Window” (1978)

The Kingsmen – “The Upper Window” (1978)

Much like how the Kingsmen’s 1974 album, “1686 Pounds of Gospel”, lived in the shadow of “Big & Live”, I always felt “The Upper Window” lived in the long shadow of “Chattanooga Live”. I never realized the album even existed until the summer of 1984, when I came...
The Kingsmen – “Just in Time” (1976)

The Kingsmen – “Just in Time” (1976)

When looking at the Kingsmen’s discography as a complete body of work, their 1976 album, “Just in Time” is a rather unique piece of music history. In May 1976, Jim Hamill left the Kingsmen, moved to Memphis, Tennessee and joined the Senators, where they recorded one...