heroin, and a fucked up economy...I did not mean to imply that Curtis's soundtrax were selling out, but I'm saying he had to find something else because society had moved on. I disagree with you saying that the heart was gone in the '70s. It was slowing but it was still there. Despite this, the 70's were my favotie musical era. Shit, rockers were selling out, too. I feel that musicianship and songwriting had reached a peak in the 70's.
Not to mention we had FUSION!