5/24/2009, 12:31 AM

Jingo ... since this thread has morphed from '60's music into '70's music ... (like all these type threads always do) ... I cannot help but mention the one album, that was produced in 1973, that was one of the most influential albums ever to hit the music scene ... It was an an album that made everybody, musicians and listeners alike, stop and go ... WOW !!! In my opinion it is one of the greatest albums EVER made ... It changed the face of music and changed the way many artist looked at what they were doing ... It used major contrast ... loud vs. soft ... It taught the importance of Space vs. melee ... It showed the correct way to synthesize ... I am very much a lyrics man ... but this album used no words ... but it spoke loud and clear and said more to me than anything I've ever heard before or since ... That album was of course Michael Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" ...

5/24/2009, 12:04 AM

Sounds good, I'll hold to your word re JL as I'm not as versed with DP and less so with the Dead. Tried Jerry Garcia's ice cream (a huge hit I understand) although I'm not big on such desserts I really like the tiedyed tee shirts if I could just fit into one. Great post and diversity, providing an expansive musical horizon.. good things I'd say.

5/23/2009, 5:07 PM

Nice, phlegm. Be boop a re boop indeed. Thanks sly for the Page / California info. Goes to slow how lazy I am and prone to knee jerking (KNEE jerking, KNEE). Laree - I have never been much of a fan of the Dead, but "don't fuck around" is a pretty ringing endorsement. Maybe I need to try again, setting aside whatever bias I may have. I knew Woodstock was clever, when I read about those bands there were a lot of Easter eggs hidden there! LU - glad you liked The Shield. I am a DP fan, all of the incarnations are "OK" with me (even Joe Lynne Turner on Slaves and Masters, it was a pretty good RAINBOW record). I like the early ones because they are very different than the rest - kinda groovy and far out, man plus John Lord really sets the tone on what will eventually be - much more so than Blackmore IMO.

5/23/2009, 4:05 PM

Loved The Shield. Completely agreed on the overplay. Certain roots, people relate to or not - either rearrange, adapt, or honor the source. Just proves most of the time people go with their own gut.

5/22/2009, 5:06 AM

Unicorn - I am no musician let alone muso, just a regular guy with no musical vocabulary. So - I don't know what to call "song parts" but I take it you hear what I am typing about. Yes, it's just a few chords, for a brief period of time, but it sounds like it contains the basic stucture of the intro part of Stairway, which is what, to me, the whole song gets built from. I realize that there are probably a limited number of combinations that can ever be achieved, even if you had infinite monkeys playing infinite guitars - but it just struck me as a little too close for comfort. The only knock I have against Stairway is that it is overplayed on the radio (play some Led Zep III already, FM - give Stairway and Kashmir a rest). I will check out Leadbelly. I know a guy that is deeply into roots / blues that I am almost certain can coach me a bit if I ask him, prolly give me some loaners. If you want to see my wish list I will post it. I am kind of anal about what I buy, I seem to need to research it first, read reviews, check for release years, see if there are remastered versions, etc. I am the world's worst impulse buyer if I have to order a physical disc. So - it might take a while.

5/22/2009, 2:51 AM

Wow - thanks all! This is really appreciated. I read the Beach Boys link - I think my initial impression holds true, "Pet Sounds" is the one I need to get, which, I am ashamed to admit, I have NEVER owned a copy. Kinks came up a lot, I have ZERO so that seems like something to remedy as well. Random note - I have been listening to the Spirit album, "Stairway to Heaven" seems like a direct rip off of "Taurus" if you ask me. Huh - who knew? There are many, many great recomendations here, I have been doing a little research to put together a list. I really (REALLY) liked Woodstock's suggestion - you go girl. I had to look up Georgie Fame and Graham Bond - never heard of em. I don't know if she put them together with Yardbirds and Animals on purpose (but I am gonna think she did anyway - so I can think she is very clever). Thanks!

5/22/2009, 1:09 AM

Jimi Hendrix Axis Bold as Love and Cry of Love

5/21/2009, 1:55 AM

This is turning into quite a list, could bankrupt the entertainment budget..... I bought the first Spirit album last night (I guess it's the first, the one entitled "Spirit"). Very nice. I was familiar with 12 Dreams album but would have never thought of it on my own. A lot of good suggestions, thanks all. I will start making out a wish list. I have several of the albums mentioned - so I guess I don't suck as bad as I thought I did. Nobody mentioned these, so I will throw them in myself: the Rod Evans era Deep Purple esp Book of Taliesyn, specifically "The Shield" - check it out if you can.

5/21/2009, 12:55 AM

read this page click here really Brian Wilson was maybe the great innovator on the 60s, if he hadn't been doing what he did so many greats who were influenced by him would not have done what they did either..(Beatles..etc.)

5/20/2009, 10:48 PM

That Spirit album "12 Dreams" was a big part of my childhood. You said you knew all the stones, but don't forget "Exile on Main Street" I'm pretty stuck on soul from around that time or slightly later. These things are major to me: Stevie Wonder Talking Book and Innervisions Sly and the Family Stone There's a Riot Goin' On Marvin Gaye What's Goin' On? Let's Get It On If you likepunk, Iggy Pop and the Stooges is pretty Raw. You could start with "Raw Power" Or the one with "Now I wanna Be Your Dog" forget the name of that album The Who had some influential albums. I liked Quadraphenia a lot when I wa younger. THe Dylan albums all released in a little over a year are just great Bringing it All back Home Highway 61 Blonde on Blonde

5/20/2009, 9:33 PM

I recently bought Straight up" by Badfinger (1971) ... which obviously is just outside of the 1969 parameter by a smidge ... All the same, it's a great pop album. K-

5/20/2009, 4:35 PM

Bo Diddley and Bobby Parker were tremendous influences but still held their own then well into the 60s 70s and beyond and started in the 50's. I say that cause I got to work with both of them. one, I performed with Bo and found out what a really cool guy and fine person he was and also bobby parker since I had great conversations with him and shared some interesting stories and promoted his music as well and wrote a few articles about him for a blues ezine online thing the guy was a monster guitarist and great singer, like I said before here, one of the most under-rated musicians and supremely influential but in a different way then bo, they each had their influences although bo was much more well known bryon

5/20/2009, 2:11 PM

Frank Zappa and the mothers of invention

5/20/2009, 4:54 AM

Well - there are two Lightnin' Hopkins shows at Wolfgang's. And my dear lonely mythical horse: both your guys were stone cold dead by the time the 60s rolled around. No matter, though, I will take it under advisement - while I have never heard them, I have heard OF them (like Motorhead "we're the ones you heard of but you never heard"). I am also sorely lacking in "roots" stuff so I truly appreciate your advice there. I wikied sly's Spirit and am so intrigued that (if I can find one or two more beers or concoct a shaker of martinis) I might pull the trigger on that right now, assuming I can find some downloads to buy somewhere as I effing hate waiting on snail mail deliveries (this is the freakin 21st century).

5/20/2009, 4:47 AM

All great post here ... takes me back ... Yeah Jingo, I think it was Larree that turned me on to Wolfgang's Vault ... I go there some and will definitely check out your suggestions ... One of these days I'm going to get around to converting all my albums over to CD ... but it might just take the rest of my life as I have thousands of Lp's ... Before I give you some early albums I'll just bring up one name here that should be in everyone's collection ... Lightnin' Hopkins BTW ... I have 5 Sabbath albums in my collection ...They pissed me off in 1980 by canceling the show I had tickets for in Kansas ... but I broke down and bought a ticket for the 1981 show anyway ... :)

5/20/2009, 4:15 AM

Sam (and any others that might give a shite) - do you ever visit Wolfgang's Vault? If not, give it a try - they sell memorabilia (nice stuff if you have the bux) AND have an extensive archive of live recordings that you can stream free of charge. There is a very bad ass Traffic show (actually several are there) posted there: http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/traffic-concert/1374-8200.html There are a LOT of great shows archived there, all completely legal - the artists get paid and the whole stroke (at least that is the claim - check it out). If anybody gives half a rat's ass about Black Sabbath (at all) you gotta hear http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/black-sabbath-concert/20049642-745.html I haven't been over there in a while, looks like they have a Sab's Technical Ecstacy tour show up that I haven't heard. Anyway - slightly off topic but it's my MF topic anyhow. If you haven't scrounged around Wolfgang's it is well worth the time. I have the Traffic Fillmore East 11/18/1970 cranked now (thanks to MWNB) and it's a killer.

5/20/2009, 3:44 AM

See - this is why I need people to help my dumb ass! Sam - spot on. The genesis of this whole idea revolves around Jefferson Airplane's Pillow, it's on my list of things to do. Donovan was a real head slap, that is exactly what I am talking about. The Unicorn offered another headslap with Iron Butterfly, I should have squared that away long ago. I will look into the "lighthearted" stuff. As for Zep, I got that covered - same with Sabs and Heeps, it's covered. Iron Butterfly is a gaping hole. Steve April's Buffalo Springfield and Vanilla Fudge are two perfect examples. Thanks. What about 60 to 65? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

5/20/2009, 2:59 AM

absolute must get picks from the era.... The complete Iron butterfly - In A Gadda Vida for the seriously heavy and creative flow days, Sergios Mendez & Brazil 66 for the lighthearted days, and Led Zeppelin's - Led Zeppelin for the I'm not foolin round, get it done days.