You Should Hear This: 1968

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

rogneeb Wrote:

my overall response to this year is a meh

loogs Wrote:

not slow and boring enough?

YailBloor Wrote:

not enough 80's production?

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:50 pm

Of the criticisms one could level at the music of 1968, I find it difficult to believe that anyone would have that particular response. Next up, we're gonna see some haiku out of ol' Rod.

Glit on my lip
Unbeknownst
Jazz Butcher

duckyboy · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:35 pm

for your "less rock" needs:

Margo Guryan

this album features "Black Sheep Boy", later covered by a favorite obner band

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:55 pm

Oh yeah, I've been listening to Scott 2 a lot lately. It's great. I love that first track.

I never realized that he wrote "Black Sheep Boy" until recently, and it's almost funny how superior the original is. I never cared about that song at all until I heard this version.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:17 pm

Drinky Wrote:

Oh yeah, I've been listening to Scott 2 a lot lately. It's great. I love that first track.

I never realized that he wrote "Black Sheep Boy" until recently, and it's almost funny how superior the original is. I never cared about that song at all until I heard this version.

I thought the song "Black Sheep Boy" that Okkervil River was riffing on was by Tim Hardin, not Scott Walker.

hey look · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:36 pm

Muddy Waters - Electric Mud

Lots of people hate on this record (AMG gives it 1.5 stars even) but I really love it. It's totally an attempt to get quick cash by combining white people's interest in the blues with Hendrix's popularity, but Muddy's performance is still great.

shmoo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:12 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

I thought the song "Black Sheep Boy" that Okkervil River was riffing on was by Tim Hardin, not Scott Walker.

I think both Walker and Okkervil River covered Hardin.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:30 pm

Oh OK. I guess I remember that now. I just never knew that Scott Walker had done a previous version until I started listening to this album.

shmoo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:45 pm

And I didn't know until this thread.

duckyboy · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:43 am

haha and nor did i know walker didn't write it, obv

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:31 am

duckyboy Wrote:

for your "less rock" needs:

Margo Guryan

Her voice is an acquired taste, but the songs are great. I really, really like that album.

tentoze · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:32 am

Harvey Mandel~ Cristo Redentor- While Mandel never made it to stardom, he was/is a very talented guitarist, and this debut concentrated on his signature use of effects pedals and distortion in an eclectic range of song styles. I remember him getting decent airplay on early-70's underground FM stations with technically savvy playing. Known for a stint as lead guitarist with Canned Heat and losing auditions for Mick Taylor's replacement in the Strolling Bones, subsequent albums The Snake and Baby Batter are both excellent. Last I heard a couple years ago from a friend in San Francisco, Mandel was still showing up at small blues clubs from time to time to sit in and impress audiences with his skills.

FT · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:57 pm

tentoze Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

Spirit - The Family that Plays Together, Stays Together

I'm always really impressed by Spirit whenever I pull them out for a listen which I should do far more often then I do. A really great and underrated band.

Very underrated. That album is in the first 10 or so that I ever paid my own money for. I LOVE Spirit.

how is it i just now found out that jay "thunder island" ferguson (a.k.a. composer of "the (us) office" theme song) was their lead singer - i always thought randy california pulled double duty on guitar and vox

hey look · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:58 pm

cool mention of Mandel, tentoze. Was thinking about posting that myself. I like his non-vocal stuff a lot.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

DumpJack Wrote:

Of the criticisms one could level at the music of 1968, I find it difficult to believe that anyone would have that particular response. Next up, we're gonna see some haiku out of ol' Rod.

Glit on my lip
Unbeknownst
Jazz Butcher

just saying that a lot of this stuff i've either heard or have absolutely no interest in. i do admit a strong bias against most psychedelic music...and a lot of shitty 60's folk music.

hey look · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:28 pm

rogneeb Wrote:

DumpJack Wrote:

Of the criticisms one could level at the music of 1968, I find it difficult to believe that anyone would have that particular response. Next up, we're gonna see some haiku out of ol' Rod.

Glit on my lip
Unbeknownst
Jazz Butcher

just saying that a lot of this stuff i've either heard or have absolutely no interest in. i do admit a strong bias against most psychedelic music...and a lot of shitty 60's folk music.

i tend to have a strong bias against non-psychedelic and 60s folk music

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:23 pm

i was wondering who the 'buck sargeant newbury' bill callahan was referencing in song america! sadly never heard this - checking out now. domo

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:56 pm

Cool. Yeah, I think that's the only name I didn't recognize there. Would like to know what you think of it.

Also that song reminds me that I should listen to some Kris Kristofferson sometime. Not that that has anything to do with 1968.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:14 pm

This might be my favourite decade thread yet, if only for all the recs of albums I haven't heard of. Bookmarked.

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

Before we move on, I'd like to say I'm a fan of these that I don't think got any mention yet:

David Ackles - S/T
Alzo & Udine - C'mon & Join Us
Joe Bataan - Riot!
Big Brother & the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
James Brown - Live at the Apollo II
Duncan Browne - Give Me Take Two
Jaki Byard - the Jaki Byard Experience
Bobby Callendar - Rainbow
Fats Domino - Fats is Back
Frank Foster - Manhattan Fever
George Guzman - Introducing George Guzman
JK & Co - Suddenly One Summer
July - S/T
Kak - S/T
Harold Land -the Peacemaker
Jimmy McGriff - The Worm
Moby Grape - Wow
Thelonious Monk - Underground
Milton Nascimento - Courage
Raulzinho & Impact 8 - International Hot
The Rotary Connection - Alladin
Archie Shepp - The Way Ahead
Horace Silver - Serenade to a Soul Sister
Lonnie Smith - Think
Joe South - Introspect
Gabor Szabo - Dreams
Tomorrow - S/T
McCoy Tyner - Time for Tyner
Geraldo Vandre - Canto Geral
Harold Vick - Watch What Happens
Stevie Wonder - For Once in Your Life
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man

You Should Hear This: 1968

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