Came close to posting this myself. My third favorite Can record, probably, after Ege Bamyasi and Future Days (and yes, before Tago Mago).

shmoo, I've had a bunch of Can CDs stacked up at home for weeks intending to take them all to work and have a Can marathon someday soon. If I can remember to do it tomorrow, I can rip & upload that one and any other one you want. I'd prefer to do that over finding a link in the event that the link might contain the older CD version which sounds way inferior to the 2004 remaster.

k, pretty interested in hearing those Lamont Young and Terry Riley things. Never heard any Young to date, that I know of, and with Riley I'm only familiar with "In C"


And, since it hasn't been posted yet, I guess I have to:


Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

Everyone here probably already knows where they stand on this. If not, please seek it out as soon as possible and be sure to share your indignant, exasperated response with all of us. (Because I'm fairly positive that the only people here who haven't heard this are ones who would probably hate it.)

I tried with that Beefheart record. I really did. And I just could not get into it. And I like odd music.
But yeah, there are definitely folks out there who do (and who would) love this.

Strangely enough I don't hate that Beefheart record. I just never really heard what was so "out there" about it.

It took me awhile, but that album (and Beefheart in general) really put the hook in me.

Quite a few albums in this thread I'd like to check out. Anyone mention Spooky Two yet? Also Led Zep I and II.

Well... records don't really get much more "out there" than that unless they're made by bona fide lunatics, which Beefheart was not (quite). It's a tough listen because of all the different competing ideas thrown together and the general slipshod aesthetic. Yet it isn't incoherent, and there's a method to its madness that reveals itself over time. I think a lot of people who love it have come to appreciate the wealth of ideas it contains. It's mostly just odd melodic and rhythmic combinations and lyrical phrases (you know, the basic stuff music is made of) dispersed throughout that capture people's interest and imaginations, but it also has an odd groove to it that you (or some people) can really get into after a while.

Spooky Two is good shit, unlike anything else they ever did. they did have a great album title in '73 with You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw even if the music DID suck. Zeppelin I was the only thing I could ever stomach of theirs.

*edit* And I don't ever want to be within 3 counties of that fucking Beefheart record.

This really was a monster of a year. I totally forgot about:


Soft Machine - Volume Two

Maybe my favorite Soft Machine record? Their first album and Third come very close. Like the first record, it's playful and weird, but I think the songs are a little better this time out.

Did I miss this one?
Harry Nilsson- Harry

For me, Nilsson is kinda in the same boat as Eno or Wire. Nothing to do with the way that he sounds, of course. It's just that all of his first 4 or 5 records are indispensable for me... right up through Son of Schmilsson. This album focuses a lot more on Nilssons' Tin Pan Alley side than either of his first 2 albums did. There is certainly some lyrical oddity at work, but it all has either a certain sweetness ("The Puppy Song") or melancholy ("I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City") that keeps the whole thing grounded.
A brilliant artist in the middle of his golden period.

It and Let It Bleed are hovering over this thread saying "Good, but not as good as me"

I gotta admit I can stomach that argument a lot more for Let It Bleed, which is close to if not my favorite Stones album than I can for Abbey Road, about half of which I find decent and half of which I find total crap.

dammit, no discussion about "abbey road" please. NOT AGAIN.

Full disclosure to admit this is what I was really listening to back in those days (+/- a year or so):



How about this two-fer? It was also one of my best ever concerts at MSG in 1973 or so (extra kudos to the chemicals)

i try to stay out of these threads to learn what i've been missing but wanted to note two records my pops used to blast on drunk custody fridays

dillard + clark - through the morning, through the night (highlights: polly, kc southern, no longer a sweetheart & best beatles cover ever)
scott walker - 3 (highlights: copenhagen, winter night, 30 century man)

I'll second this. It's probably one of the better albums in this thread that most obs haven't heard. Good call, Billz

I'm surprised no one posted this one:



Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul

Probably my favorite 1969 album and a strong candidate for the greatest soul album ever. Truly revolutionary for its time, largely credited as the first album by a major black artist not focused on radio friendly singles. More importantly though, the arrangements and Haye's vocals are amazing.

Also surprised tentoze didn't post this one:



Hoyt Axton - My Griffin is Gone

Psych Folk with Hoyt backed up by an allstar cast of session musicians including James Burton on lead guitar.

Not my link:

Yeah, thought about mentioning that Isaac Hayes and then neglected to do so. Was just playing it recently and one listen turned into about 3-4 in a row. Just a fantastic album.

I have that record, billyg, and may need to listen to it more, but recall being a bit disappointed in it when I first snagged it during my "get every Axton recording ever made" period.

that would be great. Just the first one for now. I'm trying to limit my new music acquisition somewhat to avoid burnout. It's happened before.

Maybe the reissue is just a lot better. They did add about ten bonus tracks including The Pusher and Bathtub LSD.

Yeah, I think I prefer Safe as Milk.



Wow. I don't think I've ever seen Spooky Tooth mentioned on this board.



I was just listening to this. Can't believe I forgot it.

speaking of beefheart - he provided some magic on HOT RATS

I will get those uploaded in the next couple of days and send them your way.

I think I might make another two disc mix, because jesus christ i love this year.

I don't know I just feel like it was sort of an interesting turning point in the musical landscape. The initial wave of 67 and 68 was ending, those psychedelic pioneers from that time were starting to change into the differently drug-addled 70s, soul music was starting to make great fusion with psych, jazz fusion is basically starting, Black Sabbath is about to come out. It's like nothing from 1969 is as monumental as 67, or 68 or 71 or whatever, but it's this real interesting middle point.

I started to think that 70 or 68 might have taken over as my favorite years, but fuck it - 1969 is still my favorite year.

I'm not so much knocking Kwanzaa as saying I was surprised that so many people liked it that much. I didn't realize there were that many fans here besides Drinky and I. I really wouldn't care to rank my Shepp albums and when I said it was bottom 1/3, I really meant I'd probably grab 2/3 of the ones I own to listen before I'd grab Kwanzaa than to say it's in the bottom third in quality. I guess that's because I just like the other Shepp albums from that period more and was pretty disappointed in it based on admittedly very high expectations. I don't know that I really like many of the later period albums more but I am probably more inclined to listen to his best later period standards albums than Kwanzaa.

As to recommendations, I like all his catalog but for me some of the standouts are Attica Blues, The Cry of My People, Attica Blues Big Band, Fire Music, and the Magic of JuJu and his album with Karin Krog, Hi Way.

how many of the releases posted in this thread are stone cold classics though? maybe 5?