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Post by lennyreid on Jan 30, 2014 5:05:13 GMT -5
Grand shout out to Bob's choice of Dusty Springfield's ' Dusty In Memphis'. Have you read the '33 1/3' series' missive on the album by Warren Zanes? Beautiful little book for a great album. No particular order and like most of you, I'm sure the list changes by the week: 1) Melvins - Stoner Witch2) The Flaming Lips - Hear It Is3) Aesop Rock - Fast Cars, Danger, Fire, and Knives4) Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile5) Andrew Hill - Point Of DepartureRunning away from the keyboard now before this becomes my Top 70... Lenny, Dusty Springfield doesn't get nearly enough love--what a great, soulful voice! I'll have to check out that essay, thanks! I have that Andrew Hill piece on vinyl somewhere around here; I love that period of Blue Note Jazz stuff; Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage", "Out to Lunch" by Eric Dolphy...great stuff! I'll bet Point Of Departure sounds great on vinyl. That record is a snapshot of jazz that really hits me more than a lot of the other jazz I've tried. I love Herbie Hancock too, and I'll be trying Eric Dolphy on your recommendation.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 30, 2014 9:16:16 GMT -5
Lenny, Dusty Springfield doesn't get nearly enough love--what a great, soulful voice! I'll have to check out that essay, thanks! I have that Andrew Hill piece on vinyl somewhere around here; I love that period of Blue Note Jazz stuff; Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage", "Out to Lunch" by Eric Dolphy...great stuff! I'll bet Point Of Departure sounds great on vinyl. That record is a snapshot of jazz that really hits me more than a lot of the other jazz I've tried. I love Herbie Hancock too, and I'll be trying Eric Dolphy on your recommendation. Lenny, Blue Note was making some great stuff in that period, treading some interesting turf between "pure" modern jazz and something more free-form, and with a touch of funk, to boot. Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder", organist Larry Young's "Unity"...I could go on and on... One other note; there's an album that just missed my Top 25 that ties into Dusty Springield in a way! in 2007, after a surprising turn appearing in the documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", Joan Osborne cut a wonderful album of mostly soul covers entitled "Breakfast in Bed" that features her cover of that Dusty tune from "...in Memphis"!
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Post by lennyreid on Jan 30, 2014 12:24:31 GMT -5
I'll bet Point Of Departure sounds great on vinyl. That record is a snapshot of jazz that really hits me more than a lot of the other jazz I've tried. I love Herbie Hancock too, and I'll be trying Eric Dolphy on your recommendation. Lenny, Blue Note was making some great stuff in that period, treading some interesting turf between "pure" modern jazz and something more free-form, and with a touch of funk, to boot. Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder", organist Larry Young's "Unity"...I could go on and on... One other note; there's an album that just missed my Top 25 that ties into Dusty Springield in a way! in 2007, after a surprising turn appearing in the documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", Joan Osborne cut a wonderful album of mostly soul covers entitled "Breakfast in Bed" that features her cover of that Dusty tune from "...in Memphis"! Oooohh... that's my favourite track on the album. The horns in the chorus. Dusty's vocals are like a dramatic performance. I'll add the Joan Osborne album to the list.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 30, 2014 13:04:56 GMT -5
Lenny, Blue Note was making some great stuff in that period, treading some interesting turf between "pure" modern jazz and something more free-form, and with a touch of funk, to boot. Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder", organist Larry Young's "Unity"...I could go on and on... One other note; there's an album that just missed my Top 25 that ties into Dusty Springield in a way! in 2007, after a surprising turn appearing in the documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", Joan Osborne cut a wonderful album of mostly soul covers entitled "Breakfast in Bed" that features her cover of that Dusty tune from "...in Memphis"! Oooohh... that's my favourite track on the album. The horns in the chorus. Dusty's vocals are like a dramatic performance. I'll add the Joan Osborne album to the list. Lenny, Every song on "Dusty in Memphis" is a favorite! I think you'll dig the Joan Osborne LP! She does great versions of "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Break Up to Make Up", and make sure you get the edition that includes her two songs from the "Motown" documentary, as her version of Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" (one of my favorite songs ever!) never fails to get me teary-eyed! ps) Now that we've gotten into a deeper discussion, I think you'd like the Junior Walker and Four Tops albums from my list as well; you might want to use the videos I put up on them as a sample! rrr
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Post by lennyreid on Jan 30, 2014 17:03:46 GMT -5
Oooohh... that's my favourite track on the album. The horns in the chorus. Dusty's vocals are like a dramatic performance. I'll add the Joan Osborne album to the list. Lenny, Every song on "Dusty in Memphis" is a favorite! I think you'll dig the Joan Osborne LP! She does great versions of "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Break Up to Make Up", and make sure you get the edition that includes her two songs from the "Motown" documentary, as her version of Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" (one of my favorite songs ever!) never fails to get me teary-eyed! ps) Now that we've gotten into a deeper discussion, I think you'd like the Junior Walker and Four Tops albums from my list as well; you might want to use the videos I put up on them as a sample! rrr Just listening to that Four Tops video you posted. Majestic. That shimmering guitar is invoking another genre close to my heart, which is roots reggae. That Four Tops album is definitely getting purchased. I'm almost afraid to try Junior Walker out in case I'm bankrupt come the end of the weekend hehe Thanks for the tips, sir. I'll let you know how I get on. I feel I'm going to disappear down a YouTube Soul Hole as I've gone from the Four Tops to Al Green's ' Old Time Lovin' now.
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Post by PaulWrites on Jan 30, 2014 17:26:40 GMT -5
These are my favourite albums, there all quite new by the standard so far it seems. It's been hard to narrow it down really, so a lot of honourable mentions.
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle The pinnacle of Callahan’s career to date (when recorded) drawing on all the best facets of his previous solo work and time with his band Smog. This is one of, if not, my favourite albums ever. The height of his penmanship and compositions in my opinion (and I can say that in retrospect of his last few releases) a real gem here. There is no real centre piece track, each track is fantastic.
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle Basically comes down to this or the previous album for my all-time favourite. This was a really nice lo fi debut from Sam Beam. A lot of slide and banjo over really simple intricate melodies with some of the finest lyrics and imagery I've heard. This along with the demos is a delight to listen to.
Magnolia Electric Co. - Sojourner These four discs encompasses songs from breadth of Jason Molina’s run under various monikers Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co, the 5th disc had an awesome documentary on it too. But the rerecording’s of these songs gave them new life to me, a really all-encompassing journey through Molina’s excellent songs - hard to track down now but well worth it.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Another of my favourite albums ever, the arrangements and instrumentation, the song writing - it’s somewhat of an acquired taste but it is a brilliant album. It was the second album in the now abandoned (and lofty) 50 states project along with 'Welcome to Michigan' - another great album that nearly made my list in place of Illinois. There was an outtakes album The Avalanche which followed Illinois which is also pretty great. The creative output of this guy is fantastic but Illinois really captured some magic.
Carissa's Wierd - You Should Be at Home Here A really underrated band I was sad to see split up, but not before releasing two awesome albums but You Should be at Home Here was the first album of theirs I picked up, and I knew after a few listens this was something I was going to be playing for a long time. The band split though and all went their separate ways forming their own bands like Band of Horses, but none of these bands that formed in their wake will ever be as good as Carissa's Wierd!
Serious contenders for my list where: J. Tillman - I Will Return Low - The Great Destroyer Chris Bathgate - A Cork Tale Wake Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease Down the Road Songs: Ohia - The Lioness The Shins - Oh, Inverted World Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Like Bad News Air - Moon Safari Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 30, 2014 17:31:05 GMT -5
Lenny, Every song on "Dusty in Memphis" is a favorite! I think you'll dig the Joan Osborne LP! She does great versions of "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Break Up to Make Up", and make sure you get the edition that includes her two songs from the "Motown" documentary, as her version of Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" (one of my favorite songs ever!) never fails to get me teary-eyed! ps) Now that we've gotten into a deeper discussion, I think you'd like the Junior Walker and Four Tops albums from my list as well; you might want to use the videos I put up on them as a sample! rrr Just listening to that Four Tops video you posted. Majestic. That shimmering guitar is invoking another genre close to my heart, which is roots reggae. That Four Tops album is definitely getting purchased. I'm almost afraid to try Junior Walker out in case I'm bankrupt come the end of the weekend hehe Thanks for the tips, sir. I'll let you know how I get on. I feel I'm going to disappear down a YouTube Soul Hole as I've gone from the Four Tops to Al Green's ' Old Time Lovin' now. Lenny, Thanks for your faith in me--you won't be disappointed!! The Four Tops were the favorite artists of Motown's killer house band The Funk Brothers, as the Tops were looked on as fellow musicians, having come to the label after ten years of hard work on the road singing jazz and standards, and even a few years backing up one of the fathers of Modern Jazz, "Mr. B" himself, Billy Eckstine! Behiind those killer harmonies arranged by Top Lawrence Payton, the Funks really shine on this LP. I believe that it's Robert White doing that guitar part you speak of (he did the opening lick on the Temptations' "My Girl"), and when you get the album, make sure to listen for the bass lines of the one-of-a-kind James Jamerson, particularly on "It's All in the Game"! If you get the Junior Walker, you'll never want to hear "How Sweet It Is..." played by anyone else! Completely infectuous, and as much as I love and revere John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Wayne Shorter and all the other giants of the tenor saxophone, my favorite sax player is Mr. Junior "Shotgun" Walker!!
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 30, 2014 17:49:32 GMT -5
These are my favourite albums, there all quite new by the standard so far it seems. It's been hard to narrow it down really, so a lot of honourable mentions. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle The pinnacle of Callahan’s career to date (when recorded) drawing on all the best facets of his previous solo work and time with his band Smog. This is one of, if not, my favourite albums ever. The height of his penmanship and compositions in my opinion (and I can say that in retrospect of his last few releases) a real gem here. There is no real centre piece track, each track is fantastic. Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle Basically comes down to this or the previous album for my all-time favourite. This was a really nice lo fi debut from Sam Beam. A lot of slide and banjo over really simple intricate melodies with some of the finest lyrics and imagery I've heard. This along with the demos is a delight to listen to. Magnolia Electric Co. - Sojourner These four discs encompasses songs from breadth of Jason Molina’s run under various monikers Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co, the 5th disc had an awesome documentary on it too. But the rerecording’s of these songs gave them new life to me, a really all-encompassing journey through Molina’s excellent songs - hard to track down now but well worth it. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Another of my favourite albums ever, the arrangements and instrumentation, the song writing - it’s somewhat of an acquired taste but it is a brilliant album. It was the second album in the now abandoned (and lofty) 50 states project along with 'Welcome to Michigan' - another great album that nearly made my list in place of Illinois. There was an outtakes album The Avalanche which followed Illinois which is also pretty great. The creative output of this guy is fantastic but Illinois really captured some magic. Carissa's Wierd - You Should Be at Home Here A really underrated band I was sad to see split up, but not before releasing two awesome albums but You Should be at Home Here was the first album of theirs I picked up, and I knew after a few listens this was something I was going to be playing for a long time. The band split though and all went their separate ways forming their own bands like Band of Horses, but none of these bands that formed in their wake will ever be as good as Carissa's Wierd! Serious contenders for my list where: J. Tillman - I Will Return Low - The Great Destroyer Chris Bathgate - A Cork Tale Wake Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease Down the Road Songs: Ohia - The Lioness The Shins - Oh, Inverted World Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Like Bad News Air - Moon Safari Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow Grizzly Bear - VeckatimestPaul, Thanks for participating! I have to say that to date, you're our first respondent who brought me up completely empty! I've been sampling some of the artists on your list, and I love the vibe that I'm getting from most everything; that I'm sitting before master story-tellers in a little pub, just soaking it all in! Bill Callahan's "Rococo Zephyr" is something I'm going to want to hear more of! Great stuff!
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Post by khan2112 on Jan 30, 2014 18:42:22 GMT -5
First post on the forums and was drawn to this discussion based on the music talk from the podcast today. This is a really hard list to conjure up. No order here -Steely Dan: Royal Scam - Pretty Purdie's drums win this record over as my favorite from the Dan band. His style have the record this fun and free swing to eat track... Plus there is a song about unprotected sex which is always a good time. - Frank Zappa: Roxy and Elsewhere - Picking a Frank record was a tough decision but this band is just insane! ZAPPA had a real thing for fusion guys at this time (Duke and Thomson) and Napolean Murphy Brock is the most underrated performer of all time - Talking Heads: Remain in Light - I'm a white bass player who loves disco, funk... And punk. This record taught me how those things could be embraced and fused. Lyrically unbeatable. Musically innovative. Production near perfection. - Rush: 2112 - I heard this for the first time when my best friends stepfather took me to see Rush in 1994 at Nassau coliseum. They were Canadians who just moved to Long Island. I was 8. Primus opened. It warped me. Rush created a deep bond between my friend and I (still best friends). - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: This is Happening - A new record but a great record. This captures my generations zeightgeust. Beauty; remorse; struggle; acceptance; drinking; fun Khan, Welcome to the Forums! Having come at this late today, I've seen the other posts, and as someone who has spent a lot of time in Patchogue, I'm well aware of your great band and their large local following! You've compiled another of those lists with albums featuring tons of musicianship...and our first Zappa entry--nice!! Bob, knowing you are aware of the 4NZX makes my fucking day. Hope you have enjoyed our music. My drummer and I enjoy your podcast every week on the way to 4th World. Very cool stuff. Music is the best - Frank Zappa
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 30, 2014 21:31:46 GMT -5
Khan, Welcome to the Forums! Having come at this late today, I've seen the other posts, and as someone who has spent a lot of time in Patchogue, I'm well aware of your great band and their large local following! You've compiled another of those lists with albums featuring tons of musicianship...and our first Zappa entry--nice!! Bob, knowing you are aware of the 4NZX makes my fucking day. Hope you have enjoyed our music. My drummer and I enjoy your podcast every week on the way to 4th World. Very cool stuff. Music is the best - Frank Zappa Khan, How could I not--4NZX were the band in our little burg, are you kidding? If I'm right, I'm pretty sure that you even did at least one gig as our "house band" during a Live After Five on South Ocean, as my DVD store is at #38!
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Post by khan2112 on Jan 30, 2014 22:04:13 GMT -5
Bob, knowing you are aware of the 4NZX makes my fucking day. Hope you have enjoyed our music. My drummer and I enjoy your podcast every week on the way to 4th World. Very cool stuff. Music is the best - Frank Zappa Khan, How could I not--4NZX were the band in our little burg, are you kidding? If I'm right, I'm pretty sure that you even did at least one gig as our "house band" during a Live After Five on South Ocean, as my DVD store is at #38! Well color my cheeks pink and smack my butt! We did!! We even got shut down by police and the mayor one of those times. You have the DVD store on South Ocean and Main?
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 30, 2014 22:11:27 GMT -5
Khan, How could I not--4NZX were the band in our little burg, are you kidding? If I'm right, I'm pretty sure that you even did at least one gig as our "house band" during a Live After Five on South Ocean, as my DVD store is at #38! Well color my cheeks pink and smack my butt! We did!! We even got shut down by police and the mayor one of those times. You have the DVD store on South Ocean and Main? Khan, That's us! Barely hanging in, but there! I'm generally in the store on weekends, but only on Sunday this week, if you want to say "Hi"!
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Post by wjohnson22 on Jan 30, 2014 22:11:54 GMT -5
These are my favourite albums, there all quite new by the standard so far it seems. It's been hard to narrow it down really, so a lot of honourable mentions. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle The pinnacle of Callahan’s career to date (when recorded) drawing on all the best facets of his previous solo work and time with his band Smog. This is one of, if not, my favourite albums ever. The height of his penmanship and compositions in my opinion (and I can say that in retrospect of his last few releases) a real gem here. There is no real centre piece track, each track is fantastic. Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle Basically comes down to this or the previous album for my all-time favourite. This was a really nice lo fi debut from Sam Beam. A lot of slide and banjo over really simple intricate melodies with some of the finest lyrics and imagery I've heard. This along with the demos is a delight to listen to. Magnolia Electric Co. - Sojourner These four discs encompasses songs from breadth of Jason Molina’s run under various monikers Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co, the 5th disc had an awesome documentary on it too. But the rerecording’s of these songs gave them new life to me, a really all-encompassing journey through Molina’s excellent songs - hard to track down now but well worth it. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Another of my favourite albums ever, the arrangements and instrumentation, the song writing - it’s somewhat of an acquired taste but it is a brilliant album. It was the second album in the now abandoned (and lofty) 50 states project along with 'Welcome to Michigan' - another great album that nearly made my list in place of Illinois. There was an outtakes album The Avalanche which followed Illinois which is also pretty great. The creative output of this guy is fantastic but Illinois really captured some magic. Carissa's Wierd - You Should Be at Home Here A really underrated band I was sad to see split up, but not before releasing two awesome albums but You Should be at Home Here was the first album of theirs I picked up, and I knew after a few listens this was something I was going to be playing for a long time. The band split though and all went their separate ways forming their own bands like Band of Horses, but none of these bands that formed in their wake will ever be as good as Carissa's Wierd! Serious contenders for my list where: J. Tillman - I Will Return Low - The Great Destroyer Chris Bathgate - A Cork Tale Wake Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease Down the Road Songs: Ohia - The Lioness The Shins - Oh, Inverted World Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Like Bad News Air - Moon Safari Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow Grizzly Bear - VeckatimestReally like your list. The surviving members of Magnolia Electric Co. recently did a show down here in Durham that was fantastic and haunting. And The Creek Drank the Cradle and Illinois were both strong contenders for my list. Well done!
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Post by Huw on Jan 31, 2014 8:17:20 GMT -5
I feel I should make my love for Black Sabbath known, too.
No idea how old I was but I remember being sat in the front room at home where Dad's record player is, playing with my toys. Dad puts a record on and within a minute of the first so my mind was blown wide open!
He'd put on Black Sabbath IV and I know I immediately put my toys down and rocked out right there. They're a band, like the Clash with punk, that blew open a whole genre for it. They're still the greatest band of that type and I love their music dearly.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 31, 2014 11:33:05 GMT -5
I feel I should make my love for Black Sabbath known, too. No idea how old I was but I remember being sat in the front room at home where Dad's record player is, playing with my toys. Dad puts a record on and within a minute of the first so my mind was blown wide open! He'd put on Black Sabbath IV and I know I immediately put my toys down and rocked out right there. They're a band, like the Clash with punk, that blew open a whole genre for it. They're still the greatest band of that type and I love their music dearly. Huw, What a great story! Can you imagine if your Dad had put on a Monty Python LP instead? You might now be a lumberjack!
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