kenratboy Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 I want to start to build a real collection of rock from the 60's, 70's, and maybe even the 80's. I LOVE Dark Side of the Moon and it is a classic, duh! But what else do you consider to be 'ultra' rock albums like this? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Here's a few of my picks The Who Whos Next The Doors LA Woman Derek & The Dominoes Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Starship Red Octopus Fleetwood Mac - Rumors Jethro Tull Aqualung Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story Jeff Beck Blow By Blow Beatles/Stones Name your own poison here Santana - Abraxas Led Zepplin II, IV Houses of the Holy Traffic Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Elvis Costello Armed Forces Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Yes Fragile Bruce Sprinsteen Born to Run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonrpayne Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Black Sabbath "We sold our souls" I know its a greatest hits which are usually cheesy but man that is a good one to pick up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callmeishmael Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Blind Faith Cream ? Beach Boys Pet Sounds Beatles Sgt Pepper's / White Album Jethro Tull Stephenwolf (sp?) Monster King Crimson In the court of the crimson king Alvin Lee CSNY 4 Way Street Deep Purple In Rock Elton John early stuff Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Zappa Apostrophe Pink Floyd UMMA GUMMA Iron Butterfly In a gadda da vida (sp?) Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen Allman Bros Eat a Peach The Kinks Lovin Spoonful Led Zeppelin Moody Blues Days of Future Past Spooky Tooth Spooky Two Sorry I am vague on some of these. So much music, so little hearing left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reel 2 reel Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 I was gonna say Iron butterfly...but ya beat me to it....anyway...Frampton Comes Alive theres a couple good ones on it other than that "Deep Purple Made In Japan"...gc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Grateful Dead: American Beauty Workingman's Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Boston-their first album. Now on SACD I think. An instant classic Foreigner-their debut album also. Now available on DVD-Audio Eagles-Hotel California. Get it on DVD-Audio Bob Seger-Night Moves among others. His Greatest Hits CD contains about 13-14 of his greatest newly remastered. Pink Floyd's-The Wall, which someone may have already mentioned. Santana-Abraxas Jimmy Hendrix-anything Beach Boys-Pet Sounds & Endless Summer Beatles-anything. If you get "One" it will have about 25+ of their best stuff newly remastered. And of course: Elvis-30 #1 Hits now available on DVD-Audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipschfoot Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 While you are at it, unless you already do so, pick up as many lps as you can, as many do here, of some of these same CDs. You can appreciate the art and design skills much more on full size lp covers than CD inserts. And you can play both the CD and lp of the same work through a good system and decide if CDs are really worth what you pay for them. But, hey, we are gonna buy them not matter what. The 16 bit CD is already 25 year old technology as you know and the 44,100 samples per second rate is unacceptable to sensitive ears. Even Neil Young probably would confess to owning a few CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Klipsch Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Loggins & Messina-Full Sail ELP-Brain Salad Surgery Grand Funk Railroad-Survival Genesis-Seconds Out Kansas-Point of No Return Beatles-Magical Mystery Tour Elton John-Goodbye Yellowbrick Road Cream-Disraeli Gears Focus-Moving Waves Pat Travers- any early LP's Montrose-Montrose ZZTop-RioGrandeMud Johnny Winter- any early LP's Humble Pie-Rockin the Filmore Foghat-Foghat Larry Coryell-Eleventh House Robin Trower-Bridge of Sighs Black Sabbath-Masters of Reality,Black Sabbath,Paranoid Motorhead-any early LP's Lynerd Skynerd-Pronounced Jethro Tull-Passion Play Yes-Fragile,Close to the Edge,Yes album Triumvirat-Illusions on a Double Dimple,Pompeii Triumph-Triumph Frank Zappa-Live in New York Eric Clapton-461 Ocean City Boulevard Just a few to get on LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenratboy Posted September 9, 2003 Author Share Posted September 9, 2003 Thanks everyone! I will be spending some time on Amazon and Kazaa (seriously, to sample before I buy, I want the disc) and see what I want. As it is now, I have almost 100% trance, dance, etc. in my collection, and I really don't like to demo my system to adults, as, well, I don't have any 'real' music. Sure, it floats my boat, but I need some 'real' music for myself and others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Boy, the fellows hit all the good ones. I may want to rebuild my collection along those lines. Some years ago we had someone who said they were too young for the pivotal age of the late '60s and '70s but wanted suggestions on theme albums. Many of the same suggestions were made. In those years, I liked the Moody Blues. Now many of the albums border on trite, to my tastes. None the less, I'll throw in a vote for Days of Futures Past. A unique blend of orchestra and rock. Of course you've heard most of the rock sections on FM but the classical is quite beautiful. A secret pleasure is Mountain and particularly Nantucket Sleighride. Also, Loggens & Messina always impresses me. Mr. Builder like House at Pooh Corner. Beautiful and with reminisences of childhood. I think And be Free is a bit more appealing. More cynical with a vision of the world. Probably shows where my head is at. As we used to say. Gil Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Hey, Maybe I missied it but don't forget about Steely Dan! Neil Young............... Emerson Lake and Palmer The Flock- (first group to use an electric Violin.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodog Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Wow... tons of great ones in this thread... a couple more ... Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Supertramp - Crime of the Century Forrest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipschfoot Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Deep Purple - Machine Head Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory Traffic, Where the Eagle Flies and Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys ANY Little Feat, especially Dixie Chicken and Feats Don't Fail Me Now and their live album (Lowell George ruled on slide guitar, n'est pas?) Chicago - VI (get the remastered) Crack the Sky - any Yes - Fragile (get the remastered) CSNY - Deja Vu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Ratboy- The 20+ years of music that you requested suggestions for is EXTREMELY rich and diverse. Once you give some stuff a listen, let us know your likes and dislikes, I'm sure that everyone will help you spend more money on some new picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I thought of a couple more today also but now I can only remember: Van Morrison, "Moondance" (a must) and Little Feat's "Waiting For Columbus" and "Time Loves a Hero" which covers most of their stuff. I'll remember more later. Kansas, "Left Overture" Blue Oyster Cult, "Agents of Fortune" Edgar Winter, "They Only Come Out at Night" Neil Young, "Harvest" and "After The Goldrush" Alan Parson's Project, "I Robot" CSNY, "Deja Vu" (repeat) Yes, "The Yes Album" or "Close To The Edge" or "Yessongs" Jethro Tull, "Thick as a Brick" ELP, "Trilogy" or "Brain Salad Surgery" or 1st untitled album with Lucky Man on it Warren Zevon, "Excitable Boy" (had to throw that in) Sorry if any are repeats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davmar Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 ONE OF MY FAVES...Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield: Super Session! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 KRB, First, little comes close to DSotM. That is why it is such a neo-classic. Sgt Pepper is close, though much more mellow. But I'd suggest you try out real classical from the earlier centuries. Much of its impact and subtility does not come though without a very good system. People build good systems for hard rock. Then might discover classical. Do consider: Dvorak New World Symphony. Beethoven's 9th. Camile St. Sains Organ Symphony. The always pretty Sheherzade by Rimsky Korsakov. An American in Paris and Rapsody in Blue by Gerhshwin. the list goes on, but these are a short list of winners. Turn off the lights and turn up the volume. The message is in the music. You gotta open up and let it flow. Best, Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Klipsch Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 As far as classical goes there are many to chose from. Russian Mussorgsky-Pictures at an Exhibition,Orchestra or Organ Mussorgsky-A Night on Bald Mountain Tchaichovsky-Romeo and Juliet,Scherazade,Peter and the Wolf Tchaichovsky-1812,Telarc has one that goes down to 8Hz when the cannons go off. There is a warning on this one. French Debussy-LeMer German Bach-Brandenburg Concerto Beethovan-Symphony 1-9 Handel-Messiah (4 discs) Mozart-Requiem These are just a smattering. I will look in the vault and see what comes up. By the way you can pick up a lot of classical for cheap at best buy. Telarc makes some fantastic CD's and will cost a little more as well as Sony. YO YO MA is a cellist that will display mucho imaging of Klipsch speakers. Look for him. Van Kliburn is a pianist that will image good too. Another one of my favorites is The Canadien Brass. As a trumpet player of 35 years this still gives me goose bumps. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 I certainly agree with Scrownley in principle and with his suggestions. But Sherezade was by Rimsky Korsakove. (spelling is always wrong).There is another of the same title by Schubert? Not nearly as good. Peter and the Wolf was by, not PIT, I believe. Another Russian. In any case, there can be a progession of appreciation. I went though it over years. There are the better songs of American pop. Then concept albums with fewer words or more common story telling over a sequence of songs . Then, over many years of listening the works of the great masters come into focus. Like with early listening, they come though when you turn the lights off and just listen to 20 minutes of music, non stop. Give any of the Scownley suggested recordings a try. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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