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[Music] Classic albums that totally passed you by
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I have most his classic back catalogue on CD! My father entered a name-that-tune-in-one contest on the local radio and won his back catalogue. My father didn’t have a CD player at the time so gave them to me. There’s certainly some classics in there.
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It is brilliant, isn't it? The Tymon Dogg tracks I especially love
Lose this skin 
Just found this. Oh my.
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armchairclubber
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Difficult to pin it down to one of his particular albums but another artist who passed me by until more recent years is John Martyn.
A couple of times on tour. I played this to our singer/guitarist whilst driving between gigs somewhere oop north during the mid 90s (he was probably in his late 40s). He immediately bought about a dozen copies that he gave to all his friends and family.
And another tour, early 2000s and travelling with our guitarist playing this
A week after we got back, he turned up with a huge Gretsch semi acoustic in white and gold and has had a great selection of Gretsch semi acoustics amongst his collection ever since
I've had Kind of Blue for a long time,
it.I only saw Miles Davis once, at the Festival Hall I think, mid 80s, "You're Under Arrest" time - very exciting show
I'd never listened to Gram Parsons as I'd always thought he was one of those drippy country singers, a sort of solo version of The Eagles. Then one day, I heard Grievous Angel and was bowled over - this guy was a great songwriter with a fantastic voice. What a loss he was
bobbab5
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My first exposure to Dire Straits was the Alchemy live album, stunning renditions of Romeo and Juliet and Private Investigations amongst others
The live versions of Tommy are some of the best rock music you can listen to.
I'm thinking of the Isle of Wight 1970 version specifically, but they're all at least very good from around that time.
I've never quite got on board with the studio version because it sounds like a not-quite-finished demo version to me.
Pavilionaire
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It was only in the week David Bowie died that I moved beyond the hit singles and listened to his albums, and I couldn't believe what I had missed.
Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger, Hunky Dory - just timeless. Arguably, the UK's greatest solo artist.
Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger, Hunky Dory - just timeless. Arguably, the UK's greatest solo artist.
We were in NYC last month and we struggled to agree on a show we’d all like. Then I spotted Tommy, it had reviews, I would’ve gone on my own …. then I spotted the ticket was $275, miles up on the top deck. F@ck that for a game of soldiers.
My Dad introduced us to Tommy, he bought the album when it first same out, playing it high volume on his Pioneer hifi separates.
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He only has two solo albums, that one and GP. His harmonies with the Goddess(then muse) Emmylou Harris are flawless and effortless
herecomesaregular
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My, I loved this album at the time of release. Never listened to any New Order album before or after it though. oddly. I was mostly into Jane's Addiction, early Chili Peppers and a lot of funk metal from then. Which meant I only discovered this beauty from 1990 some decades later than it's release. This would now be on my desert island list, annoyed I missed it for so long:
Hunky Dory is special. Another one my Dad played. Because Bowie kept his C secret, it’s sometimes hard to believe he’s gone.
Roxy Music, identical era and similar genre, are another one. Roxy Music (1972) has some special tracks.
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chip
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I saw him a few times in North wales in the late 80s I think. A bit like Roy harper in some ways. Thanks for the reminder.
clapham_gull
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I'm not a huge fan of music anymore, very rarely listen to it and was never particularly fan of The Beatles, in fact they annoy me
But I came very late to the B side of Abbey Road and blimey that's good.
But I came very late to the B side of Abbey Road and blimey that's good.
herecomesaregular
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I always like to promote a bit of Terry Reid, seeming as most people don't know him, so this thread is a good opportunity. He was at the first Glastonbury and I was lucky enough to see him at recent-ish ones (in front of a tiny crowd, sadly). The River is such a mellow, 70s mish mash of an album. Love him.
I'm not a huge fan of music anymore, very rarely listen to it and was never particularly fan of The Beatles, in fact they annoy me
But I came very late to the B side of Abbey Road and blimey that's good.
Were you brought up around parents who adored pop music, who had R1 or R2 on? I know a few people who also aren’t, they say lamenting, that their Dads didn’t like music, another that their boarding school banned all music, radios, record decks.
Yeah, I have both of them. They're both superb but Grievous Angel is from another world