patrikc325
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The Doors - ST
Still sounds great today!
Still sounds great today!
Music Gourmets Presents 60 Years of Great Music - 1967
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LeslieC
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Bee Gees - Bee Gees 1st
This the Bee Gees I love, before all the disco.. bit of trivia: The album cover was designed by Klaus Voormann who had previously done the cover for Revolver by The Beatles.
This the Bee Gees I love, before all the disco.. bit of trivia: The album cover was designed by Klaus Voormann who had previously done the cover for Revolver by The Beatles.
Mattafett
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Zeeba Neighba
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Love - Forever Changes
While multiple albums from this year have been regular staples in my listening diet over the past 30 years, two albums remain that I would put in my top 20 personal album list (should one exist :nunja
. Still the teasers on this post are correct - time to man up and make a choice (although Sidewinder and I had vastly different musical interests, we both shared a love of many 60s albums, and I have a feeling if he were here he might have chosen one of my two picks). In the end, gotta go with Forever Changes, one of those albums that means so much to be though for unclear reasons - didn't get me past a break up or a major life event. Love was that group (I'm sure we all have one) in high school and college who no one but me listened to, no one I knew even heard of them, and I would recommend them loudly to deaf ears (not sure I was responsible for one new Love fan). I used to shop in a used record store owned by a burnt out former hippie who lived with his mom and sold High Times magazine at his store, but would gladly point you into directions of albums you "had to hear". He directed me, I believe, first to a Love's greatest hits comp and, from the first moment I heard "My Little Red Book" (oddly a Burt Bacharach cover), I was hooked. I would purchase all of Love's original albums at that very same record store.
Of course, Forever Changes is not an unknown gem (though I dare say few people theses days outside of music groups like this one play it often) and still pops up on discerning critics' top 100 lists here and there (it's #50 on Acclaimed Music's compiled top album list for example). It is, simply stated, such an eloquent psychedelic folk/rock album with strings and horns used to just the right amount. Arthur Lee's trippy lyrics include word plays, allusions to various literary works, and countercultural ideals, yet it survives as few albums of its kind have because of its music which is colorful, beautiful, epic in its grandeur. Truly a perfect album which touches something in me that few albums do.
While multiple albums from this year have been regular staples in my listening diet over the past 30 years, two albums remain that I would put in my top 20 personal album list (should one exist :nunja
. Still the teasers on this post are correct - time to man up and make a choice (although Sidewinder and I had vastly different musical interests, we both shared a love of many 60s albums, and I have a feeling if he were here he might have chosen one of my two picks). In the end, gotta go with Forever Changes, one of those albums that means so much to be though for unclear reasons - didn't get me past a break up or a major life event. Love was that group (I'm sure we all have one) in high school and college who no one but me listened to, no one I knew even heard of them, and I would recommend them loudly to deaf ears (not sure I was responsible for one new Love fan). I used to shop in a used record store owned by a burnt out former hippie who lived with his mom and sold High Times magazine at his store, but would gladly point you into directions of albums you "had to hear". He directed me, I believe, first to a Love's greatest hits comp and, from the first moment I heard "My Little Red Book" (oddly a Burt Bacharach cover), I was hooked. I would purchase all of Love's original albums at that very same record store. Of course, Forever Changes is not an unknown gem (though I dare say few people theses days outside of music groups like this one play it often) and still pops up on discerning critics' top 100 lists here and there (it's #50 on Acclaimed Music's compiled top album list for example). It is, simply stated, such an eloquent psychedelic folk/rock album with strings and horns used to just the right amount. Arthur Lee's trippy lyrics include word plays, allusions to various literary works, and countercultural ideals, yet it survives as few albums of its kind have because of its music which is colorful, beautiful, epic in its grandeur. Truly a perfect album which touches something in me that few albums do.
Zeeba Neighba
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^ Our first Lownotesing here? I think so!!
I think so. Wasn't sure whether she just meant to compliment Patrick's earlier pick.
Still lots of other great albums out there, Worm
Mattafett
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axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
Strange days, indeed!
Nickyboy
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Most peculiar, momma.
Freddie Hubbard - Backlash
The good news is, participating in this thread and listening to a few of the albums from each year is reminding me of how great these albums are that I don't listen to as much as I did when I acquired them. It's reminding me of why I fell in love with some artists, like Hubbard, who is absolutely fantastic here.
The bad news is, I feel so rotten about not choosing four or five other VERY deserving albums that could very well have been my choice.
The good news is, participating in this thread and listening to a few of the albums from each year is reminding me of how great these albums are that I don't listen to as much as I did when I acquired them. It's reminding me of why I fell in love with some artists, like Hubbard, who is absolutely fantastic here.
The bad news is, I feel so rotten about not choosing four or five other VERY deserving albums that could very well have been my choice.
Zeeba Neighba
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Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Psychedelia at its best. Not really a hard pick for me, but there was just so much Good Stuff in '67.
Yay! That was my other potential album choice! Glad it didn't get relegated to "honorable mention" status. Love that album so much
Zeeba Neighba
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A gentle reminder Get yer 1967 picks posted. Tomorrow, the 1968 thread will be posted.
Get yer 1967 picks posted. Tomorrow, the 1968 thread will be posted.
earcartoons
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The Moody Blues ~ Days Of Future Passed
Wore out this 8-track in my '69 Chevelle SS. Good times....Good times......
Wore out this 8-track in my '69 Chevelle SS. Good times....Good times......
Old Uncle Toe
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People, people, people. Most of those above are good picks (Love - Alone Again Or is a spectacular song) but aside from a few obvious choices, none beats Albert King's Born Under A Bad Sign. For many years, Albert King had been touring through the blues halls, unnoticed by radio programmers. In 1967 he connected with Stax Records and Booker T and the MGs as a backup band. No, wait. Let me restate. He connected with Stax Records AND BOOKER T AND THE MGs -- AS A BACKUP BAND!! The result was initially an amazing flurry of singles that hit the radio like a sledgehammer. Eventually Stax management compiled them and many other great recordings into Born Under A Bad Sign, Albert King's finest album. He recorded for another 20 years, producing many fine albums, but never matched this 1967 release.
(Hope I didn't dent the hardwoods when I dropped the mic there.)
Old Uncle Toe
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I love that in So You Want To Be A Rock n Roll Star, there's a trumpet with a bit of a spanish accent, a la Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass. Not being typical rock n roll content, I don't know that it was meant to but it echos the sarcasm of the song nicely.
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