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Your favorite LP nobody has ever heard of
I prefer threads that talk about music than gear...and here is one. I assume everybody has a "go to"LP in their collection. A record that has formed a deep connection. A record you are protective of. A record you want to keep to yourself. A record so personal it hurts to reveal. For me it is... the Church...the Blurred Crusade.
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Tommy Bolin "Private Eyes". this is the best of Tommy's limited solo out put and is just fantastic both composition wise and sound. This is guitar driven, jam, straight a head rock and roll. Too soon gone. If this was the direction he was headed more people would be in awe of him today. Check it out and enjoy. |
Acman 3 ... Okay, try this one: Dean Martin: "Dream with Dean." http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEAN-MARTIN-DREAM-WITH-DEAN-REPRISE-RECORDS-R-6123-/201317140974?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2edf6fc9ee Or Sammy Davis Jr & Larindo Almeida Plays." http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAMMY-DAVIS-JR-Sings-LAURINDO-ALMEIDA-Plays-REPRISE-Mood-Soft-Jazz-Vocals-LP-/361267259244?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item541d34e76c Buy these two albums and I swear you will NEVER go back to electronically processed music drenched in artificial digital reverb again. These two albums will show you exactly why we spend the mega bucks on our audio equipment. Trust me on this ... you won't be sorry. Happy listening ... |
In addition, I listened to a lot of the recommendations made in this thread on "Spotify." Of course this doesn't apply to everyone who made the recommendations, but for those who it does apply to ... how in hell can you stand all of that artificial digital reverb? Good grief ... we spend tons of money to recreate music in its natural state ... and what I'm hearing in so many cases is electronic processed gorp. If I wanted to hear this kind of mish-mash, I'd attend more audio shows like CES. |
What I find interesting about this thread is how few classic jazz, both vocals and instrumentals, and how few classical albums are listed. There is a whole different world of music to discover out there guys. Not raggin' on ya ... just want to expand the musical taste a bit. A great jazz recordings: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Little-Band-Big-Jazz-LP-Conte-Candoli-All-Stars-Crown-VG-Play-Tested-/221639967334?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339ac58266 http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOWARD-RUMSEY-Music-For-Lighthousekeeping-1957-STEREO-LP-VG-VG-/251310560281?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a8346d419 http://www.ebay.com/itm/CANNONBALL-ADDERLEY-KNOW-WHAT-I-MEAN-DUTCH-RIVERSIDE-LABEL-REALLY-NICE-/371191158375?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566cb79667 http://www.ebay.com/itm/June-Christy-STILL-IN-PLASTIC-Something-Cool-SM-516-Capitol-12-LP-NEAR-MINT-/161665493324?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25a403a94c Here's some classical albums: http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-GUITAR-ALAN-LOVEDAY-VIOLIN-PAGANINI-GUITAR-TRIO-RARE-STEREO-LP-/400899201373?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d5774595d http://www.ebay.com/itm/Julian-Bream-John-Williams-Live-2xLP-1979-EXCELLENT-RCA-Gatefold-/361053417074?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item541075ee72 These are just great sounding records and performances to tickle your ear drums. Happy listening ... |
"Shadowfax", A Windham-Hill half-speed master. Also Michael Hedges "Aerial Boundaries", half-speed master from the same stable. "Shadowfax" was purchased new at the time of release but "Aerial Boundaries" was only available to me as a tape copy until I found a pristine 2nd hand Windham-Hill example several years ago. |
Here's one I'll bet few of you have ever heard of: 'Water Bearer' by Sally Oldfield, Mike Oldfield's sister. Her music is folk pop with lots of bouncing tinkly guitar, piano, light percussion and synthesizer. The lyrics are typical early '70s earnest mystic spirituality and joy of life, hope for the future and love of humanity. Her voice is okay-- a bit husky and warm and sexless-- which suits her tunes nicely. (There is also an intrusive 'classical' tenor who almost ruins two of the songs.) But the songs, if you can stand them, are sometimes so beautiful and moving that for about the whole of the first side and most of the second it is easy to give in to them. (She will undoubtedly strike most of you as sentimental, comically self-satirizing, and ridiculous. This record-- the only one of hers that is any good-- is a very personal taste.) |
Gabriel Dorman - Give That Dog Some Peace. Bought this at his bands performance at the Metropole in Pittsburgh, PA back in the early 90's. My small group were pretty much the only ones in the place for a going away party. I was the only one paying attention. It is still one of my favorites in my collection. I've never heard anything about them before or ever since. |
It's an LP of 1959 field recordings of obscure Mississippi bluesmen. The performances are raw and electrifying. Even better, its a superb recording. On the right gear you can hear birds chattering in the trees way off to the side, seemingly from outside your room, on one track. On another you can hear the floorboards creaking under the musician. There's a duet between a fiddle player and guitar player that has such precise images that you can perceive them moving about slightly during the song. The last song on the second side is an astounding recording of a music therapy session in a mental hospital. |
armstrod, i saw o positive in boston (the ratskeller maybe?) and they were great-i still remember 'em from 30 years ago. the throbbing lobster label was the place to be back then. any memory of the primotons or cowboy mouth (different from the louisiana band of the same name; this was insanely hooky devo-ish pop with weird synth parts). |
Schubert u nailed it...mini Toronto... With plenty of Norwegians... Minnasoooda...u betcha there Olga! But hard to beat in the 80s...Prince, the Time,Mats,jayhawks,husker due, souls asylum,suburbs, run westy run,cows, blue hippos, zuzus petals, babes in toyland,27 various, magnolias,urban guerrillas, the phones, mile one, the wallets, gear daddies,rank strangers, the bastards,12 rods, balloon guy, polera.... |
For me it's Steven Wilson, Grace for Drowning (wonderfully recorded progressive rock, some portions mellow and beautiful, other parts are heavier) and also any number of albums by his former band Porcupine Tree, such as Fear of a Blank Planet, In Absentia, or Stupid Dream. I've turned a few friends on to him but outside of that, I feel like I'm the only one who's ever heard of him. |
Anyone ever hear of Colin Scot?. Or how about Pinafore Days by Stackridge which I believe was a George Martin produced record and probably the groups best known release, at least in the US. |
lots of great picks, though i'd agree that many aren't especially obscure (who needs rules, right?). a few more: love nut, bastards of melody--a power pop masterpiece with really big hooks and tight playing. great cover of "green tambourine". (the principal's subsequent band, myracle brah, is also excellent, if overly beatle-esque). available on spotify. the neats, crash at crush--intense, loud folk rock not too far removed from rem. the singer has a really deep, cool voice. i've never seen this stuff on cd, but well worth tracking down. |