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     Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 391 Registered: 01-2005 |
I was just wondering if we should start topics with favorites from particular years. Since 1967 was such a big one, I'll lead it off with my favorite top 10 albums: 1. Pink Floyd - Piper At the Gates of Dawn 2. Vevet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico 3. Love - Forever Changes 4. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday 5. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow 6. Traffic - Mr Fantasy 7. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love 8. Doors - The Doors 9. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding 10. Cream - Disraeli Gears Sgt Pepper doesn't make my list. The Zombies Oddesey and Oracle would have made it if it had not been held up for two years. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 269 Registered: 08-2006 |
I'd add: The Beach Boys - Wild Honey Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man... Moby Grape - s/t The Who - The Who Sell Out The Kinks - Something Else By the Kinks | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 535 Registered: 08-2004 |
That's a good top 10, Michael. I'd swap Are Youe Experienced for Axis! ... and Strange Days for The Doors. Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons instead of Cream. Never heard Something Else By The Kinks, though I'm sure it's a classic from the songs I know from it, (Harry Rag Harry Rag) etc. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1144 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm looking at the list for 1967 on acclaimedmusic.com since I can't remember what came out in what year: 1. VU and Nico 2. Are You Experienced? 3. The Who Sell Out 4. Sgt. Pepper (sorry, Fab Four haters) 5. John Wesley Harding 6. Something Else Apparently none of the jazz guys I listen to made favorite albums of mine in '67. Coltrane was a little too far out for my tastes by then. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 416 Registered: 04-2006 |
maybe this ones: 1. captain beefheart and the magic band - safe as milk 2. velvet underground and nico - velvet underground and nico 3. jefferson airplane - surrealistic pillow 4. bob dylan - john wesley harding 5. love - forever changes 6. the mothers of invention - we're only in it for the money 7. traffic - mr. fantasy 8. the byrds - younger than yesterday 9. harper's bizarre - anything goes 10. pink floyd - the piper at the gates of dawn | ||
| Elizabeth Robinson Member Username: Liz_the_new_listener Post Number: 61 Registered: 10-2006 |
How about 'Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones, Ltd.' by the Monkees? Of course back then I was a little kid, who had no idea there was an album called 'Revolver' out, which I probably would have loved, and surfed between the two top-40 stations, which played a lot of bubblegum. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 911 Registered: 03-2005 |
Oh man. The top ten are not in ranked order: Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band--Safe As Milk. Awesome from start to finish. Velvet Underground & Nico. Only slightly less awesome from start to finish. Thirteenth Floor Elevators -- Easter Everywhere. "Slip Inside This House" is a masterpiece and the whole album is great. The one and only cover, "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" with it's melting lead guitar and Roky Erickson's squeaky fragile vocal, could have been recorded this year. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers -- A Hard Road. The most solid and consistent of Mayall's albums with the most soulful ballads and Peter Green doing "The Supernatural" to boot. The Kinks -- Something Else. This is when the Kinks arrived as an album band. Gene Clark & the Gosdin Brothers. The first song "Echoes" with its huge Leon Russell arrangement and expressionistic but astonishingly literally accurate lyrics depicting the wild Sunset Strip scene points you in his best Dylanesque tradition but he doesn't stop there. With "Tried So Hard" he gives you his first really good country rock. And it's all Gene Clark, man. No boring David Crosby anywhere to be found. The Zombies -- Odyssey & Oracle. The perfect album they always had in them. And then they packed it in. The Easybeats -- Friday on My Mind ("Good Friday" in the U.K.) Confronted with the cold clammy indifference of Britain after being pampered by the spontaneous fawning Australians, the Easys pushed their existing style to its ultimate limits. They were rewarded with one international hit. Scott Walker -- Scott. It begins here. This remains a magnificently evocative album. The Monkees -- Pisces, Acquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. The Monkees had seized control of their recording career. This is a very good album, simple as that. My runners up: The Hollies -- Butterfly. Bubblegum meisters or artistic explorers? This combination of pop and adventure remains irresistable to me with its only real problems occurring in a couple places where Graham Nash wandered too close to the sound of future buddy David Crosby. For example in "Elevated Observations" Nash gushes "climb up here, jump up here, skip up or run up. Get up here somehow 'cause you'll find your head. Finally reaching the level you're after. Ego is dead. Ego is dead." Indeed. The Beau Brummels -- Triangle. A fine album but the band was disintegrating with the result that lots and lots of session players figured in the backing, giving it a more professional and mannered sound, and inexplicably the three remaining band members ceased to sing their great idiosyncratic harmonies. The Rolling Stones -- Between the Buttons. They don't seem too fond of this record but to my very American ears this record seems the ultimate commentary on the Swinging London scene of the mid-60s and the best songs such as "Backstreet Girl," "Yesterday's Papers" "All Sold Out" and "She Smiled Sweetly" are pretty hard to beat. The Byrds -- Younger Than Yesterday. This is a very fine album for a band who, at the moment, had no inspired songwriter. Except for "Mind Gardens;" that's an inspired embarrassment. Joan Baez -- Joan. Peter Schickele was doing her arrangements and they are spectacular in a semi-classical way. Check out her versions of "La Colombe" and "Dangling Conversation." The whole album is fine but, yes, she does get a little bit too heavy at times. The Bonzo Dog Band -- Gorilla. Still funny and musically delightful 40 years on with great musical send-ups of psychedelia, bubblegum pop, Presley posturing, lounge crooners and trad jazz (anybody remember that?) Buffalo Springfield -- Again. Neil Young flowering in his Jack Nitzsche (sp?) phase, Stephen Stills doing the last decent things he would ever do, Ritchie Furay sounding sweet and even Dewey Martin putting on his best blue-eyed soul sound. Del Shannon -- Home and Away. Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, sparing no expense whatsoever, it was then hidden on a shelf for something like seven years. Oldham had transitioned from his Phil Spector worship to Brian Wilson worship. This is a magnificent very English folly representing the acme of achievement by Oldham's Immediate Records talent pool and they never even had the rights to Shannon, a very American artist. The Pretty Things -- Emotions. This came so close to being great, the first true album by this shambolic band. And then the record company got their hands on it and grafted a bunch of horns onto the already complete arrangements. In a couple of cases it worked very well such as on the hypnotic "My Time" but, hey dude, you don't mix the horns further forward than the rhythm section. Jeez. And sometimes it just got in the way of the excellent original performance such as on "Photographer." | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 463 Registered: 10-2004 |
1. Love - Forever Changes 2. Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina 3. Beatles - Sgt. Peppers 4. Beach Boys - SMiLE (I know, I know... it wasn't actually released, so I shouldn't count it, but still, to me the music created during the original Smile sessions is pure genius to my ears) 5. Scott Walker - Scott 6. Velvet Underground & Nico 7. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn 8. Jorge Ben - O Bidu: Silencio No Brooklyn 9. Sergio Mendes & the Brasil 66 - Equinox 10. Beau Brummels - Triangle 11. The Byrds - Younger than Yesterday 12. Baden Powell - A Vontade 13. The Kinks - Something Else 14. Beach Boys (again...) - Wild Honey | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 271 Registered: 08-2006 |
I've listened to "Wild Honey" for years - it's one of my favorite Beach Boys records - but until Michael posted this thread, it never dawned on me that it was released in same year that Brian Wilson was working on (and abandoning) "SMiLE." It does have a very unlabored feel to it, the opposite of "SMiLE," so maybe it was a reaction to the latter's obsessive and ultimately unrealized vision. Very interesting. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1413 Registered: 03-2006 |
Interestingly, two of my all time favorite artists that I associate with that era had no major releases that year. Soul immortal Otis Redding's release that year was a duet record, with Carla Thomas, perfectly serviceable, but not a slam-bang masterpiece. Though he died at the end of the year, in '68 there was a bunch of posthumously released stuff, including "Dock of the Bay" that was both critically and commercially revered. And, The Band didn't put out their brilliant, epochal, paradigm-changing "Music From Big Pink" until '68. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 75 Registered: 05-2005 |
Love : Forever Changes (band discovered thanks to this board!) Beach Boys : Wild Honey (I've got only samplers of the BB but this one should be fine) Beatles : Sergent Peppers (surely not their best) All the other records listed above I don't know or I don't like. But The Byrds I should try... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 464 Registered: 10-2004 |
Keith - I know what you mean. There were a slew of great records from '66 or '68 that couldn't make the list. Pet Sounds and Village Green are two that immediately come to mind, not to mention Love's Da Capo, and Baden Powell's Os Afro Sambas. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1148 Registered: 04-2005 |
I guess this tells you something about my musical tastes--if "White Light/White Heat" had come out in '67 (it almost did; it's from Jan. '68) it would have been #1 on my list. While "VU & Nico" is the groundbreaking album with better songs, "WL/WH" is the one I listen to a lot more. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 539 Registered: 08-2004 |
Would Bob & The Band's - Basement Tapes be a potential candidate, not as good as John Wesley Harding, but then it is a double. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1417 Registered: 03-2006 |
That's a tough one, Jerr. Its real trainspotter stuff that I know this, but the original bootleg, "The Great White Wonder", came out in '68, though it actually was recorded in '67. Judges - we need a ruling... Actually, though JWH is justly heralded as a masterpiece, I think I prefer the Basement Tapes. Looser, crazier, wilder and the Band's material on it, like "Katie's Been Gone", is first rate. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 541 Registered: 08-2004 |
Definitely looser & a little patchy IMHO. It would be top 20 if the judges give the thumbs up. Has anyone heard the original 100+ tracks on A Tree With Roots bootleg? | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1418 Registered: 03-2006 |
You know, I downloaded that Tree w/ Roots thing, but never got around to listening to it or burning a copy. No particular reason - just haven't gotten to it. I've been like a kid in candy store since I got a broadband connection, so I've amassed all kinds of stuff I haven't had a chance to listen to. Do you particularly recommend it? | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1330 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, great little summary of 1967 there, you ever thought of being a journalist? I love Safe as Milk but I have not heard many people praise it more highly than VU & Nico - I will give it a fresh listen. Interesting to see not many votes for The Doors debut album - I have noticed in the last few years that The Doors previous "untouchable" reputation seems to be waning rapidly, almost like history is being rewritten, or perhaps some of the acts mentioned here(and elsewhere in the mainstream press) are getting more kudos as the years go by at the expense of The Doors. I am also wondering if The Doors are held in higher esteem in the UK than they are in the US, this may be down to the Liverpool scene from '79 or so constantly bigging up The Doors. I have also downloaded the 13th Floor Elevators album on Randys recommendation, I have only ever heard Primal Screams version of Slip(Trip?)Inside This House so dont have a clue what to expect, are they classed as a "garage band"? John Wesley Harding - thats an album I need to listen to more. Was that the last album before the motorcycle accident, which tends to get overlooked at the expense of the Holy Trinity of BIABH,H61R and BonB? My Top 5 would be VU & Nico Safe as Milk Forever Changes Younger Than Yesterday Wild Honey | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 418 Registered: 04-2006 |
heh folks, what about 'smiley smile' from the beach boys? i forgot it to mention it in my list. smiley smile is underrated, but if you just take a look at the songlist you will notice that it contains a lot of fantastic songs of the abandoned smile. as the 1967 smile never has been released, smiley smile is a wonderful substitute. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 542 Registered: 08-2004 |
LK, no I've seen it available, thought about it & decided against. Life's too short & I have no reason not to trust Robbie Robertson's judgement. Kevin, John Wesley Harding was after the "crash" during UB's "convalescence". | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 420 Registered: 04-2006 |
randy, is right. maybe i should drop pink floyd from my list and substitute it with gene clark and the gosdin brothers. this is one of gne's masterpieces. and the 13th floor elevators made a fine album, too. worth to mention in the list (but i always preferred rocky erickson's solo albums over the 13th floor elevator albums). | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 274 Registered: 08-2006 |
Jerry and LK: The Tree with Roots thing is fascinating. A friend of mine had the whole thing - stretching across, I think, seven discs. I believe the discs he had represented everything they committed to tape during those sessions, so it included a lot of false starts and alternate or incomplete versions. But it did include more than a few stellar, finished tunes that didn't make it onto "The Basement Tapes," including some interesting covers like Brendan Behan's "Old Triangle" and a couple Ian and Sylvia tunes (go figure). As a whole, it's not something I'd listen to a lot, but as history it's pretty cool. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1331 Registered: 05-2005 |
In related Uncle Bob news I notice that he has just forked out 2.2million for an estate in the Scottish Highlands. Begs the question,when is he ever going to stay in it, given the Never Ending Tour shows no sign of easing up. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 913 Registered: 03-2005 |
Kevin, I think you could call the Elevators a garage band but they were an awfully good one. To me, "garage" just means 60s indie. Their first album "Psychedelic Sounds" is from 1966 and therefore I couldn't include it. It's tighter and a terrific showcase of the two-guitar approach. If we ever do a list like this on 1966, things will really get tough. "Easter Everywhere" is a looser album but it's the looseness that is so interesting and timeless, a little bit like VU. Their producer, Leland Rogers (Kenny Rogers' brother!), said that the band insisted upon "helping" him mix "Easter Everywhere" and, yeah, I'd say it needs a remix. I don't think it's ever gotten one. It'll be VERY interesting to see what you think of the bizarre 60s metaphysical lyrics; the Elevators' chief lyricist was a philosophy student. Concerning "Safe As Milk" v. "VU & Nico" I hadn't meant to compare them but, yes, I personally regard the Beefheart album as a perfect surreal blues pop creation from start to finish. This will probably get some heated disagreements, but IMO the VU & Nico album droops a bit with "Run, Run, Run" and "European Son" mostly because those two numbers (esp. the busy "European Son") really needed a decent recording/mix. But, hey, I'm talking about a slight scratch on the Hope Diamond. Regarding Love's "Forever Changes," I still haven't bought that album so I can't honestly list it as a personal favorite. The songs I've heard from it suggest that it would go right up on the top ten list or, at the very least, a high runner up position. For some reason I'd been thinking it was released in 1968 but it's only the single version of "Alone Again Or" that was released in '68. Dylan's JWH couldn't go on my list for the same reason. I confess I don't have it and I've only heard bits of it once. At that time, nothing lit me on fire. It's one of those things I'm way overdue to revisit. Kurt, your preference for WL/WH is unusual and totally admirable. I love the original first side of that album, but if you are including "Sister Ray" in your statement that you listen to WL/WH more than VU & Nico, I take my hat off to you; you are a bigger man than I. I haven't heard "Wild Honey" in so long as to equal not having heard it at all. I didn't even realize it was as early as '67. I don't have any negative recollections of it. There's another thing I should re-visit. On the other hand, I don't remember appreciating "Smiley Smile" at all; I have a somewhat uneasy relationship with the Beach Boys. It was always hard for me to get around their original squeaky clean California jock imagery. While I very much appreciate the adventurous structure to "Good Vibrations" the cornball California hippydom to it always seems to stimulate embarrassing facial tics. This thread was a really fun self-indulgent exercise for me because so many of the entries and runners-up are records I've known and loved for decades. And I loved seeing Jeff's inclusion of Left Banke's first album. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 465 Registered: 10-2004 |
Andreas - I disagree about Smiley Smile; it's *VERY* different from the original SMiLE, and is in no way a substitute. Smiley Smile only has a few songs in common with SMiLE, and Smiley Smile's version of Wind Chimes was radically re-worked from the (much superior) original on SMiLE. Randy, there are, admittedly, many aspects to the Beach Boys that produce endless embarrassing facial tics, often found in the lyrics. I can't speak for anyone else, but I often have to just work through those aspects, and focus on the *music*, which is often brilliant. I don't know if you're familiar with their album Friends (from '68), but it's one of my favorites. However, it presents the listener with this problem in spades: the lyrics are among some of their most heinously cringe-inducing ever, while the music is, for the most part, stellar, catchy pop. But for me, the music wins out. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1106 Registered: 05-2005 |
The best thing for me about 1967 was being born. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1332 Registered: 05-2005 |
The best thing about 1967 for me was that Celtic won the old style European Cup, now called the UEFA Champions League. The first British team to do so. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 393 Registered: 01-2005 |
Randy, I must explore the early Pretty Things! I bought Parachute and Silk Torpedo in 1974 and SF Sorrow and Freeway Madness shortly thereafter. Too bad things went downhill after Silk Torpedo. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1108 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kevin, the actual trophy is still the European Cup. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1150 Registered: 04-2005 |
Randy and Jeff summarize really well what has kept me from ever checking out the Beach Boys. The surfer image (perhaps because I'm a pasty Northern Californian who doesn't tan), the name, the lyrics...all are big turnoffs to me. And yet so many people I know and musicians I enjoy worship at the shrine of Brian Wilson (though probably not so much Mike Love, who seems to be a world-class prick). Perhaps someday I will finally give "Pet Sounds" and the other albums mentioned in this thread a chance. As for "WL/WH" and "Sister Ray," Randy...you're right. The second side of that album (and I did actually buy it back in the vinyl days) is a challenge. It was the most shocking thing I'd ever heard when I first got the album, and I was listening to punk (stuff like Richard Hell, Pistols, etc.) at the time. But I stuck with it and it became my most-played album during my grueling senior year of college, when I was forced to recreate that album's "awake for days at a time" lifestyle using cheap instant coffee instead of speed. Plus I had an annoying roommate into Jethro Tull, Kansas, and Dungeons & Dragons, and nothing annoyed him quite like the solo on "I Heard Her Call My Name." And, as a boring footnote, I will add that the CD version of the album in the VU box set is cleaner and more listenable (better separation; the distorted mung doesn't smother everything so much) than the original vinyl pressing. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1333 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig, you are of course correct, and the next time I mention it here I hope it is to say Celtic were both the first, and most recent British team to win it. But there is probably more chance of me going to a Police reunion concert  | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 544 Registered: 08-2004 |
1967 was also the year the only Rangers (& only hoops in England) that matter, won the league cup against the high flying monolithic West Brom, inspired by the form of Rodney Marsh. Hopefully the best of A Tree With Roots will be released as part of the on-going bootleg series. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 422 Registered: 04-2006 |
jeff, i think there is a misunderstanding. i am sorry for maybe chasing the wrong english word(s). surely smiley smile does not substitute smile. it is a totally different album from what smile could have been. and that is the point: could have been. smile of 1967 has never been released. nobody knows how the album could have been sounded, if brian had finished his work. we know smile only from the sessions. and what we can hear from the smile bootlegs is more than what the titles on the prepressed cover of smile showing us. we can listen to the accurate work brian did when he tried to do the ultimative masterpiece of pop. call it work in progress. in 1967 the pop world waited for smile, but only smiley smile has been released. the expectations were high - and smiley smile could not fulfill these expecations. but this album isn't poor. it contains songs from smile and despite the fact that is an album to fulfill contractual obligations, it isn't just a snapshot(quick shot ?). the ''new'' arrangements of the smile songs didn't bother me. and the last song with me tonight is heartbreaking beautiful. i guess that the myth of smile triumphed over the reality. i feel music with my heart and soul. the theoretical point of view is not in the foreground to me. and i am not a musician. that slight changes, the guitar here and there or similar doesn't interest me much. in all probability i didn't hear that. call me a simple man, but i was and still be very delighted of this album. to me it works as a kind of 'substitute' for the never released smile. and believe it or not, the smile album of 2004 is great, the arrangements perfect and superb, but i can't feel the magic therein (live was that different. the magic was noticeable. on the stage, in front of the stage. everywhere.). | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 468 Registered: 10-2004 |
Andreas - yeah, I see what you're saying. I know that on this message board I tend to be in a small minority, but I do love Smile a lot. And yes, you're right, obviously it was never released, so why should I have the nerve to include it on my list!? However, finished to semi-finished recordings of what would have made up Smile have been obtainable for years. Diehard fans have had enough to go on for a while now to at least get a decent picture of how the album would've turned out. The 2004 re-recording was at least helpful in proving or dis-proving some peoples' theories about the track sequence. At any rate, I couldn't *not* include it in my list because the recordings (made available through various comps and bootlegs) have had such a huge impact on my life for many years, and those are some of my *very* favorite musical creations from 1967. For me, the magic of the 2004 Smile is certainly there. The only problem, of course, is Brian's weathered voice! It's sad to hear how rough it is, and how he can't hit the highs to save his life. But, I'd still rather have that 2004 Smile v2.0 than nothing. The music, at least, was faithfully and lovingly re-recorded down to the last detail. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1119 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff, I love the bootleg Smile also. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 424 Registered: 04-2006 |
jeff, regarding the love of smile i am with you. i started to have a relationship with the boys around 1989 after reading several articles about brian, van dyke parks etc. and smile was the initalising moment. brian wilson is the only artist for whom i ever travelled to a gig hundred of kilometres/miles. i went to london when he played pet sounds and enjoyed the concert twice. never did anything similar before and maybe would do it only for van dyke parks, robert wyatt and captain beefheart - all three are favourite artists of me (vdp i missed twice, mr. wyatt didn't play live very often due to his handicap and the captain have multiple sclerose)- again. and i am with you about the 2004 smile. i was glad when it was released, and stand up for it against the ones who cried false tears about the loss of the myth. but i don't know why, in the meantime i can't listen to it with the joy i thought i would bring to me. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 404 Registered: 01-2005 |
Well, it took me 40 years, but I finally ordered Safe As Milk today. Better late than never. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1163 Registered: 04-2005 |
So, Michael, what year should we do next? Maybe one the youngsters on the board like me (yeah, right) remember better, like 1977? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 406 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kurt, 1977 would be a great year to pick for the first one of the 70's. You can't pick a bad year from 1977 to 1993 if you ask me. I know I have some holes in my punk rock collection though that are going to show up once we get into the late 70's and early 80's. No Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Ministy, Adverts, etc in my collection. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1127 Registered: 05-2005 |
I can't wait till we get to '88. That was a cool year. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 411 Registered: 01-2005 |
Padraig, 1988 was the bomb. I'll be able to name 25, no problem, some of which won't be on the internet best of 1988 lists, but are my personal favorites. It was also the year I discovered Wire, thanks to A Bell Is A Cup. Oh yeah, it was also the year I discovered a certain band that originated out of Brisbane. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 923 Registered: 03-2005 |
Doing other years will be fun. 1977 will be a challenge for me personally because my geeky computer tally says I have only 18 releases from that year (out of almost 1500, not counting classical, jazz or vinyl). 1988 is easier but even that year is represented by only 27 releases. 1986 or 1987 would be bigger for me. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 414 Registered: 01-2005 |
Speaking of 1987, I wish some record company would buy the rights to Happy Nightmare Baby by Opal and remaster it. Having been a huge Rain Parade fan since 1982, I bought HNB when it fist came out on disc in 1987. Some of the brillance shins through, but I'm thinking it will shine up almost as much as the remastered Tallulah if someone decent remasters it. HNB is #1 on my most wished for remastered album list. |