You Should Hear This: 1971

Kingfish · **Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:43 pm

Dalen Wrote:

got a link for that Ruffin album dude?

Gimme a sec, I'll up it.

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:00 am

nice one

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:15 am

Dalen Wrote:

nice one

http://www.mediafire.com/?kdr4awcccl4l597

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:23 am

duckyboy Wrote:

Similar to the Fairport Convention albums with Sandy Denny, but not quite as much "rock" in it. Still, a great album if you like the genre.

Making a note of this.

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:50 am

Kingfish Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

nice one

http://www.mediafire.com/?kdr4awcccl4l597

thanks dude. grabbing now, listen tomorrow.

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:02 am

similarly, every ruffin album at my old blog: http://anothersuckeronthevine.blogspot. ... apost.html

duckyboy · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:06 am

Drinky Wrote:

duckyboy Wrote:

Similar to the Fairport Convention albums with Sandy Denny, but not quite as much "rock" in it. Still, a great album if you like the genre.

Making a note of this.

I can up it if you want

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:23 am

oh yeah thats a good one. i have a different cover though so i looked over it.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:39 am

Kingfish Wrote:

This should have been released in 1971. But because David Ruffin pissed off Motown, they wouldn't release it. In my opinion, it's as good as anything the Temptations released. Ruffin can flat out sing and the songs are strong here. IF you like Motown, this is a GREAT ALBUM. If you've seen the VH1 movie on the Temptations, you know that untold amounts of coke and hookers went into making this album.

I can't remember who pimped this on here a couple of years ago but it has stayed on my iphone ever since. Thanks a bunches.

I don't have much to add aside from some "classics" like Meddle, Tupelo Honey, Hunky Dory, Imagine etc. but here's a couple others:

John Simon - John Simon's Album (it's like the lost Band album)

New Riders Of The Purple Sage - s/t

Surprised no one has mentioned this one yet:

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:41 am

Also, possibly not a big favorite here, but I will always fucking love Tapestry.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:50 am

I thought about mentioning Maggot Brain, but I am honestly not familiar enough with the album to give it much of a writeup, so I held back.
And, I also looked up that Ruffin album, but didn't mention it because of the release date. Glad that someone did, though. It's a beast.

seafoam · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:35 am

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Also, possibly not a big favorite here, but I will always fucking love Tapestry.

I'll back that.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:38 am

seafoam Wrote:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Also, possibly not a big favorite here, but I will always fucking love Tapestry.

I'll back that.

Thirded.

And, speaking of great piano players that may be scoffed at, but are (or at least were) really amazing at one time, I'm surprised that I didn't see this one mentioned. Unless I missed it:

"Tiny Dancer", "Levon", and the title track... Back when Elton mattered.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:40 am

Bloor - more info on the John Simon? And by more info I mean linkplskthx and whythefuckhaveyouneverbroughtitupbefore?

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:56 am

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

This should have been released in 1971. But because David Ruffin pissed off Motown, they wouldn't release it. In my opinion, it's as good as anything the Temptations released. Ruffin can flat out sing and the songs are strong here. IF you like Motown, this is a GREAT ALBUM. If you've seen the VH1 movie on the Temptations, you know that untold amounts of coke and hookers went into making this album.

I can't remember who pimped this on here a couple of years ago but it has stayed on my iphone ever since. Thanks a bunches.

Pretty sure it was Kingfish.

Quote:

Surprised no one has mentioned this one yet:

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Hell yes. Picked this up for the first time last Fall during my trip to Greenville (for the USC game, it was the only good thing to come out of the weekend).

It's pretty much ridiculous.

mcaputo · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:57 am

Since no one else has mentioned them....

Last, and certainly not least.....and for Mr LooGAR >>>>>

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:01 pm

Vic Da Baron LooGAR Wrote:

Bloor - more info on the John Simon? And by more info I mean linkplskthx and whythefuckhaveyouneverbroughtitupbefore?

I wanna say my whole discovery of that album hinged on a chatzy discussion with Billyg a few yrs. ago. Maybe I'm wrong. At any rate, check the box this afternoon.

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:03 pm

i'm probably going to post some more obscure-ish ones later today, but this morning i realized that one of the best/most well known loudon albums is from 71. one of my favorite singer/songwriter albums

mcaputo · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:22 pm

In 1971 Rolling Stone called this the best record of the year in any genre. Other than a best of or greatest hits release this is the Tom T Hall I like best.

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:27 pm

this one might get lost behind Expressway To Your Skull and Them Changes, but for my money it's every bit the equal.

Quote:

In the league of funk-rock albums, A Message to the People is top-notch. Buddy Miles was easily one the better bandleaders of the early '70s, and his ability to unite a group of talented players around well-crafted songs definitely makes this one of his best albums. The gorgeous "The Way I Feel Tonight," the funky, horn-driven "Place Over There," and the lovely closing "That's the Way Life Is" all rank among Miles' best songs and performances. Add to that two superb Gregg Allman covers (especially "Midnight Rider," which is arguably even more definitive than the original), and the results are impressive. Miles even predates hip-hop by lifting the horn riff from Joe Tex's "You're Right, Ray Charles" and crafting it into a new instrumental cut called, fittingly, "Joe Tex." Only a dud cover of Percy Sledge's "Sudden Stop" is the album's lone clinker. In fact, the album is so good, it's mystifying why it barely clocks in at a meager half-hour. "That's the Way Life Is" and the clavinet-laden "The Segment" are both over just as they've barely begun. Similarly, no sooner does the cover of "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" settle into a powerful groove than it stops to segue into the next cut. Why Miles felt the need to edit the material so severely is bizarre, since the album could easily have been twice as long and still hit its mark. It's a testament to Buddy Miles' talent that, as first-rate as the album is, it will leave any listener wanting more. Still, A Message to the People is every bit a funk classic.

shmoo · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:42 pm

Surprised no one has yet mentioned this:

David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Possibly my favorite Bowie album.

Also, not my favorite of his from that time, but still a good record:

Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey

And I'll give Tapestry a fourth.

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:04 pm

and even better:

i'm probably in the minority, but i'll reach for curtis over marvin every time.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:19 pm

shmoo Wrote:

Surprised no one has yet mentioned this:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

I don't have much to add aside from some "classics" like Meddle, Tupelo Honey, Hunky Dory, Imagine etc.

The "surprised no one has mentioned this yet" post is a pet peeve of mine. These are list threads, so it only stands to reason that not everything can be mentioned immediately and, typically, the person making the "surprised" statement IS MENTIONING THE ALBUM THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED.

Glad I got that off my chest. Carry on.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Vic Da Baron LooGAR Wrote:

Bloor - more info on the John Simon? And by more info I mean linkplskthx and whythefuckhaveyouneverbroughtitupbefore?

I wanna say my whole discovery of that album hinged on a chatzy discussion with Billyg a few yrs. ago. Maybe I'm wrong. At any rate, check the box this afternoon.

I was pretty obsessed with both The Band and John Simon a few years ago so that would make sense. Everyone from the band plays on this save for Robbie Robertson. Also playing on it are: Leon Russell, Bobby Keys, Merry Clayton, Cyrus Faryar, Grady Tate, Bobby Whitlock, David Hood, Eddie Hinton, Rita Colidge, Delaney Bramlett, and Harvey Brooks.

Tons of good stuff already mentioned especially John Lennon - Imagine (which I like more than any Beatles album), Joni Mitchell - Blue, Paul Siebel, Little Feat, Serge Gainsbourg, Leon Russell and Sticky Fingers.

I'll add:

Bill Fay - Time of the Last Persecution

He reminds me at times of Lennon but more stripped down and experimental. This is his best and is great.

Al Kooper - New York City (You're a Woman)

Possibly his best, if not it's up there.

Bell + Arc - S/T

Not sure if I've ever pimped this one here but I discovered it a few years ago and really like it. Basically, horn driven rock with a little blues and a little blue eyed soul. Not that much unlike what Al Kooper was doing during this period but a little harder. Graham Bell on vocals backed by some ex-Skip Bifferty members. A lot of covers but well done ones. High Priest of Memphis kicks my ass.

I've been on a lookout for John Hartford's Aero Plain but never found it on blogs or at a reasonable price. Amoeba had it last night but they wanted $55 for it. I'll hear it some day I guess.

shmoo · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:32 pm

billy g Wrote:

I've been on a lookout for John Hartford's Aero Plain but never found it on blogs or at a reasonable price. Amoeba had it last night but they wanted $55 for it. I'll hear it some day I guess.

This is on my "to hear" list as well, though not a super high priority. Didn't realize it was going to be so difficult to find. Darn.

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