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What Recordings Of Yours Did Not Age Well?

I happened to be scrolling through Napster in the Red Garland section and found "Red Alert", an album that I bought on vinyl in 1978 when I had a Sansui 771 receiver, Technics turntable with Shure V15 Type III, and generic 12 inch 3-way speakers.  I remember that I'd heard a tune from the album on the local FM jazz station and went out and bought the album the same day.  I hadn't listened to the album in 30 years.  I cued it up on Napster and sat down and listened to it.  Tidal and Amazon do not have this recording.  It was a pleasant listening experience, but nothing that would make me want to buy it today if I didn't own it....and if I never hear it again, I won't miss it.  For the life of me I can't remember what tune on the LP convinced me to buy it.  Back in 1978, I was very discriminating how I spent my money on recordings because I was recently out of college....and a music purchase had to really count.

Do you have any recordings that didn't age well in this regard?

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tom6897
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Hocus Pocus by Focus. 

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millercarbon
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Zamfir

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larsman
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Crosby, Stills, and Nash (and sometimes Young).... Still like some of the Crosby ones, but those Graham Nash songs are about the lamest, wimpiest things I could possibly imagine, for my own tastes. I got rid of those albums a long time ago, though.

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simonmoon
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Hocus Pocus by Focus.

I agree.

But then, I always thought, even though it is a fun track, was the weakest track on "Moving Waves".

The side long "Eruption" is close to brilliant, and the beauty of songs like "Le Clochard", "Moving Waves", "Focus II", are far better then "Hocus Pocus".

For me, it is a bit sad that this great prog band is remembered mostely for a somewhat silly song. But, at least, it is played by musicians with monster chops.

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simonmoon
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Overall, I haven't had too many recordings that haven't aged well. 

At least since I discovered prog, and all its subgenres (avant-prog, Zeuhl, Canterbury, symph, technical-metal, prog-meal, etc). 

Since I tend to only enjoy music with the following attributes: very high level of musicianship, complexity, deep and broad emotional and intellectual content, avoidance of verse>chorus>bridge format that relies on hooks, the music I listen to tends to age well, because those attributes don't fade. 

Great musicianship, a good level of complexity, etc, do not age, even if things like vintage synth sounds may. So, just because a Genesis, PFM, YES, or Univers Zero, recording from the '70's may have dated keyboard sounds, the music itself is just as creative, complex, extremely will played as it was back then. 

I also listen to plenty of Jazz (post bop, fusion, chamber jazz, M-Base, avant-garde jazz), and modern, avant-garde, atonal, serial and contemporary classical music, and these also age well  for much the same reasons as those listed above. 

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