I wanted to start a thread that talks about albums that have been around for donkeys years but they are brand new to you and you think they are fabulous.

 

I wanted to start off with an album that I have been absolutely gobsmacked by.

 

Now for me to listen to a jazz album would usually mean that I have coshed around the head or lying in a corner off my face on something.

Now I'd read about this Miles Davis chap and how he was a genius blah, blah blah.

 

But then I started listening to On The Corner and I am so loving it. It's a bit rocky and a bit funky and a lot jazzy but it's a great album.

 

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Another album I have very recently discovered was Jane From Occupied Europe by Swell Maps.

 

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This was released in 1980 and it is a post-punk masterpiece. Yeah it's noisey but every piece of music on this record is really interesting. Another one to love.

Edited August 14, 200717 yr by grebo69

does it have to be albums?... im not a big album fan tbh, ive always prefered the three minute jingle... :)

 

i do from time to time re-discover singles that i forgot about, mainly due to listening to brian matthews 'sounds of the 60's '. the last one was by 'the syndicate of sound' "little girl". (covered by 'the banned' in late 77)

 

groups like 'spanky and our gang' and 'the assosciation' also had many turntable hits in the 60's that got airplay but never charted.

does it have to be albums?... im not a big album fan tbh, ive always prefered the three minute jingle... :)

 

I don't see why not. I wanted to share stuff that I had recently discovered and songs are just as valid as albums. I must admit I am a bit of an album person, I love the way albums unfold and you discover along the way whether it's a good'un or a duffer.

Discovered this at a car boot sale recently. Kraut rock by Michael Gottsching. They were formerly called Ashra Tempel. Bit like Tangerine Dream, but with guitars. I'm really enjoying it.

 

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For the most part I'm with Rob - I seem to accumulate far more singles than albums. Some recent faves include:

 

Glen Campbell - Satisfied mind / Can't you see I'm trying? - jangly folk rock from just before his Jim Webb period.

Mercury Rev - In a funny way - sublime wide-screen pop, only from 2005 but I missed it at the time

2Pac with Dr Dre and Roger Troutman - California love - a chart hit but I've only just come across it

Barry McGuire - Why not stop and dig it while you can? - only known for 'Eve Of Destruction' but he did several great 45s

The Detroit Emeralds - Ode to Billy Joe - early US single from 1968, cover of the Bobbie Gentry hit

For the most part I'm with Rob - I seem to accumulate far more singles than albums.

 

Hence the name?

Hence the name?

 

 

You read me like a book!

You read me like a book!

 

i dont get it...... :unsure:

i dont get it...... :unsure:

 

 

45 - another name for the old 7 inch single. I collect 'em, and have way too many!

does it have to be albums?... im not a big album fan tbh, ive always prefered the three minute jingle... :)

 

i do from time to time re-discover singles that i forgot about, mainly due to listening to brian matthews 'sounds of the 60's '. the last one was by 'the syndicate of sound' "little girl". (covered by 'the banned' in late 77)

 

groups like 'spanky and our gang' and 'the assosciation' also had many turntable hits in the 60's that got airplay but never charted.

 

I'm like you - I like many of the harmonic bands from the mid - late 60's like Spanky, Mamas & Papas, Association etc.

By the way The Association did have 1 UK hit. Time For Living in 1968 peaked mid 20s.

My fave Spanky singles were - Sunday Will Never Be The Same and Making Every Minute Count.

 

 

45 - another name for the old 7 inch single. I collect 'em, and have way too many!

 

dohhh! how dumb am i?...lol..

I'm like you - I like many of the harmonic bands from the mid - late 60's like Spanky, Mamas & Papas, Association etc.

By the way The Association did have 1 UK hit. Time For Living in 1968 peaked mid 20s.

My fave Spanky singles were - Sunday Will Never Be The Same and Making Every Minute Count.

 

yeah 'sunday will never be the same' was a great track, dunno why we didnt buy it! 'lazy day' though was so... sickly sweet...

 

the association had many releases, alot i dont know, maybe they would be worth looking up.

 

i liked 'windy','never my love','time for living'...