medjuck Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Wow that Little Richard Lp brings back memories. I never owned it, but a friend did and we played it over and over again. I did have the first two Elvis Lps and 2 out of 3 of the Eps culled from the first Fats Domino Lp. And then I think I never bought anything but jazz until around 1967. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddha the Magnificent Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Hampton Grease Band - Music to Eat (Columbia, 1971). Bruce Hampton - vocals; Harold Kelling, Glenn Phillips - guitars; Mike Holbrook - bass; Jerry Fields - drums. Some of you may follow jam bands such as Aquarium Rescue Unit, Code Talkers, etc.; this is the same Bruce Hampton who now styles himself as the Colonel. This is an incredible band in many respects. I never heard anybody plays guitar like Harold and Glenn since, and Holbrook's bass playing is basically an extensive album long solo that perfectly fits the music - none of this "walking the bass" business with this boyo. Three star cast iron plunger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Hampton Grease Band - Music to Eat (Columbia, 1971). Bruce Hampton - vocals; Harold Kelling, Glenn Phillips - guitars; Mike Holbrook - bass; Jerry Fields - drums. Some of you may follow jam bands such as Aquarium Rescue Unit, Code Talkers, etc.; this is the same Bruce Hampton who now styles himself as the Colonel. This is an incredible band in many respects. I never heard anybody plays guitar like Harold and Glenn since, and Holbrook's bass playing is basically an extensive album long solo that perfectly fits the music - none of this "walking the bass" business with this boyo. Three star cast iron plunger And (so the legend goes) by the time it was cut out, Music to Eat was supposedly the second-lowest selling album in Columbia history. That might just be one of Colonel Bruce's stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddha the Magnificent Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 jeffcrom, I have no particular reason to doubt the album sold poorly. It got very little promotion and hit the cut out racks almost instantaneously. Didja ever see them back in the day? I probably saw them a half dozen times, and recall one truly spectacular show they did at Emory circa 1970-71. I also saw one of their last shows (minus Harold, plus Mike Greene on keyboards), when they opened for Mahasishnu Orchestra 1972-73. Music to Eat is available on YouTube, for those that are curious. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CA7A5610382FB461 I drove up to Atlanta to see that reunion show at Variety a few years back (2008) when Bob Elsey played in place of the departed Harold Kelling. Here's a clip from that show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzlpSzXDk-A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 No - I was a little young to see the Grease Band back in the day; I was around 11or 12. I've seen Bruce's bands at various times over the years. I remember one performance by The Late Bronze Age that was seemingly completely improvised. Chick Corea had played the club the previous night, and had apparently passed out flyers printed with his "Rules for Musicians." The band found one backstage. Throughout the evening, Ricky Keller, the bassist, read from the flyer while the band responded (in)appropriately. One of Chick's "rules" was "Do not beat or abuse your instrument." The two minutes following Ricky's reading of that one were truly epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Blimey, it's easier to mention artists than specific albums. Graham Parker - Mona Lisa's Sister Agree, that's a very fine GP album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligeti Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Blimey, it's easier to mention artists than specific albums. Graham Parker - Mona Lisa's Sister Agree, that's a very fine GP album. I am a little embarassed to say that it was my first real introduction to him. I was given a mix tape back when it was released, and that contained a few tracks from Squeezing Out Sparks. I went to the store and the new release was Mona Lisa's Sister, so I picked it up. it's worth noting that it got a reissue a few years ago. They played around with the mix, and added some extra bass response. I like the newer version, although the jangly bite of the original remains a favorite. The song "Back in Time" is so good I can't begin to describe it, It raises the hairs on my neck every time I hear it. Marvellous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 (edited) Talking Heads "77" Bob Dylan "Blonde On Blonde" Beethoven late strings quartets The Clash "London Calling" Nusrath Fateh Ali Khan "Must Must" Tom Waits "Blue Valentine" Frank Zappa "Hot Rats" Neil Young "On the Beach" Van Morrison "Astral Week" Nick Drake "Pink Moon" Tuxedomoon "Desire" Jefferson Airplane "Crown Of Creation" Deep Purple "Made In Japan" Pink Floyd "Ummagumma" I could go on indefinitely, but I think it's a fair collection, since I am still able to be amazed by new music. edit: and, yes, all the late Beatles and Stones albums from Sgt Pepper's Edited November 18, 2014 by porcy62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) Beatles - Abbey Road Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic Thin Lizzy- Live and Dangerous Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Kiss - Alive and Alive II Van Halen - Van Halen and Van Halen II Rush - Exit Stage Left AC/DC - Highway to Hell Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love and Shout at the Devil Dokken - Tooth and Nail and Under Lock and Key Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East (controversy and all) Metallica - Ride the Lightning and Kill Em All Megadeth - Peace Sells..But Who's Buying? and Rust in Peace Edited November 26, 2014 by catesta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Wow that Little Richard Lp brings back memories. I never owned it, but a friend did and we played it over and over again. I did have the first two Elvis Lps and 2 out of 3 of the Eps culled from the first Fats Domino Lp. And then I think I never bought anything but jazz until around 1967. I only had the Little Richard stuff on eps. The background colors changed but the layout was the same. My early Elvis stuff was on singles and eps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Beatles - Abbey Road Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic Thin Lizzy- Live and Dangerous Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Kiss - Alive and Alive II Van Halen - Van Halen and Van Halen II Rush - Exit Stage Left AC/DC - Highway to Hell Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love and Shout at the Devil Dokken - Tooth and Nail and Under Lock and Key Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East (controversy and all) Metallica - Ride the Lightning and Kill Em All Megadeth - Peace Sells..But Who's Buying? and Rust in Peace I owned most of those albums in the 1980s...and still own quite a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 (edited) Parliament - Mothership Connection and Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome Funkadelic - Let's Take It To The Stage Prince - Dirty Mind The Cars - The Cars Elvis Costello - This Year's Model and Armed Forces New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies The Jam - Setting Sons The Clash - London Calling R.E.M. - Chronic Town, Murmur and Reckoning Shoes - Present Tense Talking Heads - Remain In Light and Fear Of Music Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Spoon - Gimme Fiction Peter Tosh - Equal Rights Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign Son Seals - Chicago Fire Van Halen - Van Halen Boston - Boston Aerosmith - Rocks Edited November 27, 2014 by Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Some favorites... Cymande - S/T The JB's - JB's Monorail Kool & The Gang - Wild & Peaceful The Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau Demon Fuzz - Afreaka! Rodriguez - Cold Fact Funkadelic - S/T Parliament - Mothership Connection Johnny Guitar Watson - Ain't That A Bitch Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man James Brown - Black Caesar 24-Carat Black - Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You've Got Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Gil Scott-Heron - Reflections Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse LA Carnival - ...Would Like To Pose A Question War - Platinum Jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Some favorites... Demon Fuzz - Afreaka! Noj, I got that Demon Fuzz album the summer of '71, the same time I got the first Osibisa album. I think you're the first person I've known who is familiar with it! (Probably MG knows it well too.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 It's an amazing album! That's so cool that you've had it since then GA, I've only had it a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Some favorites... Demon Fuzz - Afreaka! Noj, I got that Demon Fuzz album the summer of '71, the same time I got the first Osibisa album. I think you're the first person I've known who is familiar with it! (Probably MG knows it well too.) No - but I got the Osibisa LP when it came out in 71. Took my wife to a gig of theirs then, when we were courting. We danced in the aisles! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balladeer Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Blimey, it's easier to mention artists than specific albums. Graham Parker - Mona Lisa's Sister Agree, that's a very fine GP album. I am a little embarassed to say that it was my first real introduction to him. I was given a mix tape back when it was released, and that contained a few tracks from Squeezing Out Sparks. I went to the store and the new release was Mona Lisa's Sister, so I picked it up. it's worth noting that it got a reissue a few years ago. They played around with the mix, and added some extra bass response. I like the newer version, although the jangly bite of the original remains a favorite. The song "Back in Time" is so good I can't begin to describe it, It raises the hairs on my neck every time I hear it. Marvellous! His two earliest recordings "Howilng Wind" and "Heat Treatment" are splendid soul drenched RnB stuff with a nod to Punks anger. IMO still the best music he ever recorded."Squeezin out sparks" is hard to disklike. From his later albums in the 1990s I´d choose "Struck by lightning" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jackson Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 James Brown Live at The Apollo 1962 Marvin Gaye - I Want You Earth Wind and Fire- Thats The Way of The Word War- The World is a Ghetto Donny Hathaway Live Al Green - I'm Still in Love With U Parliament- Mothership Connection Isaac Hayes- Black Moses The Isley Brothers- The Heat Is On Bootsy Collins- Ahh... The Name is Bootsy Baby Aja- Steely Dan Jimi Hendrix- Band of Gypsys Bobby Womack-The Best of Bobby Womack Bob Marley and Wailers-Legend Frankie Beverly and Maze-Live in New Orleans Smokey Robinson-A Quiet Storm Dr. Dre - The Chronic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Bob Dylan - "Like a Rolling Stone" Simon & Garfunkel - "Sounds of Silence" Byrds - "Eight Miles High" Byrds - "Renaissance Fair" We Five - "You Let a Love Burn Out" H.P. Lovecraft - "Wayfaring Stranger" Quicksilver Messenger Service - "The Fool" Jimi Hendrix - "All Along The Watchtower" Jefferson Airplane - "Wooden Ships" Santana - "Every Step of the Way" Wishbone Ash - "Phoenix" Labelle - "Phoenix (The Amazing Flight of a Lone Star)" Gil Scott-Heron - "Peace Be With You Brother" U2 - "I Will Follow" Bangles - "Hazy Shade of Winter" Neil Young - "Rockin' in the Free World" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Clovers - One Mint Julep (written by that great imbiber, Rudy Tombs), and then everything else they did, at least for Atlantic Joe Turner - Boss of the Blues Joe Tex - CC Rider Yardbirds - "Shapes of Things" & Five Live Muddy Waters - a/k/a Mckinley Morganfield, I have this material in different packages now, but this is what first knocked me out Howlin' Wolf - London Sessions, I won this by getting to the quarter finals in a College of Music Knowledge contest in high school Chuck Berry - Golden Decade, yes I was very Chess-centric for awhile Little Richard - 17 Grooviest Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads, this and some cowboy 78s I had as a child were my 1st C&W loves Louvin Brothers - Sorrowful Songs of Life Son House - Death Letter Blind Lemon Johnson - Jack of Diamonds Stravinsky - Rite of Spring Otis Redding - White Chritmas, confirming my preference for interp over composing these are among the things that knocked me out early on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) Formative sounds for me from an early age Yellow Submarine --- The Beatles Wheels Cha-Cha-------Joe Loss Laughing Gnome-------David Bowie In my early teens This year's model----- Elvis Costello Big hits ( and high tide)------Rolling Stone Rubber Soul/ Revolver Too much pressure -----Special AKA Maple Leaf Rag-----Scott Joplin Parallel Lines-----Blondie Much later Disraeli Gears----- The Cream Rock Bottom-----Robert Wyatt Midsummers night dream---- Abado/ Branagh (Sony) Real Folk blues ----John Lee Hooker Edited December 4, 2014 by Clunky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 First rock band I loved as a young guy was Creedence, then Traffic - then Genesis & King Crimson Much later I discovered Captain Beefheart - then I found Mingus, Miles, Monk, Maneri, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) That's a tough one. I came up as a rock lover, though I was very young (age 4) at the time of the British Invasion. I basically followed two paths: 1) Beatles and offshoots; 2) Dylan and rootsy Americana stuff. I also favored for some time the "art rock" groups, of which only Jethro Tull still stands high in my favor (pretty different, though, from Pink Floyd and Yes). Some favorites: Sgt. Pepper--Beatles The "White" album--Beatles Who's Next--The Who Bringing it All Back Home--Dylan Basement Tapes--Dylan/Band Aqualung--Jethro Tull Into the Music--Van Morrison Edited February 11, 2015 by Milestones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 I liked King Crimson too. I should add some of their stuff to my digital collection. Also big on groups using some jazz elements--Traffic, BS&T, The Doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) Oo, so many Supertramp - Paris (album) Simon and Garfunkel - multiple songs, f.e. Still crazy after all these years Leonard Cohen - Suzanne Nick Cave and the bad seeds - Into my arms Lou Reed - A perfect day Tom Waits - Closing time (album) John Hiatt - Have a little faith in me U2 - One (not the edition with Mary J Blige), I still haven't found what I'm looking for, Stay. Van Dik Hout - Laat het los, Meer dan een ander, (Dutch rock band) I was a groupie to this band, lol. De Dijk - multiple songs, f.e. Was dat maar waar (Dutch band which plays a lot of blues and soul, recorded an album with Solomon Burke) Herman van Veen - Liefde van later, Een vriend zien huilen kan ik niet (Dutch comedian, singer, my favourite national singer, his best are his renditions of Brel songs) Arthur Rubinstein playing Chopin Sting - Fragile The Police - multiple songs Phil Collins - In the air tonight Eric Clapton - Tears in heaven Liesbeth List - De Verzoening - Dutch singer (song is originally by Frank Boeijen, she sings a lot of chanson usually) Stef Bos - Flemish singer songwriter, multiple songs f.e. Papa Beth Hart - Leave the light on Joe Bonamassa - can't recall a song right now Jacques Brel - multiple songs Edited February 12, 2015 by page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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