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Charles we are the only ones giving love to The Band so far.

not at all. the last waltz the first of the great rock films. anything pertaining to dylan in any respect automatically qualifies.

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59! so more a child of the 60s and and especially 70s. hey, it is one of the greatest vintages of the century. i saw someone say on a post the other day, how fortunate they were to be born into th

Remembered from those days and you will too.. The Cure. The Smiths.

Sorry if this list is really long, but there are so many albums that have had a huge affect on me. Many of these albums have affected me due to the lyrical nature of the songs, and the composition whi

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not at all. the last waltz the first of the great rock films. anything pertaining to dylan in any respect automatically qualifies.

I saw the Band, the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers at Watkins Glen the summer of 1973. There were over 500,000 people there. From what I remember of it (memory impaired for obvious reasons) the Band blew the others out of the water. A year later I saw them with Bob Dylan. The best musicians together with the best poet of our generation. They really set the bar. Levon Helm recently died. Nobody will ever sing, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" like Helm.

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Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert

Older Van Morrison LP's like St Dominic's Preview or Astral Weeks

Pat Matheny - American Garage

Bruce Springsteen & The E St Band - Live 1975-1985

Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombone

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Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert

Yes! Amazing album.

I also collect vinyls and I once bought 5 sealed copy from a garage sale.

Sold 4 and kept one

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Stevie Wonder - Songs in the key of life

Track listing

[edit] Original vinyl release

Side one 1."Love's in Need of Love Today" (Wonder) – 7:06 Eddie "Bongo" Brown—collinga

All other instruments—Stevie Wonder

2."Have a Talk with God" (Calvin Hardaway, Wonder) – 2:42 All instruments—Stevie Wonder

3."Village Ghetto Land" (Gary Byrd, Wonder) – 3:25 All instruments—Stevie Wonder

4."Contusion" (Wonder) – 3:46 Mike Sembello—lead guitar

Raymond Pounds—drums

Nathan Watts—bass

Ben Bridges—rhythm guitar

Greg Phillinganes—keyboard

All other instruments—Stevie Wonder

Michael Gray, Josie James, Shirley Brewer, Artece May—Vocals

5."Sir Duke" (Wonder) – 3:52 Raymond Pounds—drums

Nathan Watts—bass

Mike Sembello—lead guitar

Ben Bridges—rhythm guitar

Hank Redd—alto saxophone

Raymond Maldonado—trumpet

Trevor Laurence—tenor saxophone

Steve Madaio—trumpet

All other instruments—Stevie Wonder

Side two 1."I Wish" (Wonder) – 4:12 Nathan Watts—bass

Hank Redd—alto saxophone

Raymond Maldonado—trumpet

Trevor Laurence—tenor saxophone

Steve Madaio—trumpet

Stevie Wonder—vocals, Fender Rhodes, ARP 2600 Synthesizer, Drums

2."Knocks Me Off My Feet" (Wonder) – 3:36 Stevie Wonder—acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, drums, vocals, synth bass

3."Pastime Paradise" (Wonder) – 3:27 Raymond Maldonado, Bobbye Hall—percussion

All other instruments—Stevie Wonder

Hare Krishna, West Angeles Church Choir—background vocals

4."Summer Soft" (Wonder) – 4:14 Ben Bridges—rhythm guitar

Ronnie Foster—organ

Larry "Nastyee" Latimer—percussion

Stevie Wonder—vocals, acoustic piano, drums, hi-hat, synth bass

5."Ordinary Pain" (Wonder) – 6:16 Mike Sembello—lead guitar

Hank Redd—alto saxophone

All other instruments—Stevie Wonder

Minnie Riperton, Mary Lee Whitney, Deniece Williams, Syreeta Wright—background vocals

Shirley Brewer—reply

Linda Lawrence, Terri Hendricks, Sundray Tucker, Charity McCrary, Madelaine Jones—reply's background vocals

Side three 1."Isn't She Lovely?" (Wonder) – 6:34 Greg Phillinganes—keyboard

Stevie Wonder-Fender Rhodes, RMI Electra piano, Bass Synthesizer, harmonica, drums

2."Joy Inside My Tears" (Wonder) – 6:30 Stevie Wonder-Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Piano, Bass Synthesizer, Drums

Greg Phillinganes—keyboard

Susaye Green—background vocals

3."Black Man"(Byrd/Wonder) – 8:27 Stevie Wonder-Fender Rhodes, bass synthesizer, synthesizer, talk box, drums, percussion

Hank Redd—alto saxophone, tenor saxophone

Steve Madaio—trumpet

George Bohanon—trombone

Glen Ferris—trombone

Side four 1."Ngiculela – Es Una Historia – I Am Singing" (Wonder) – 3:48 Charles Brewer, Shirley Brewer, Renee Hardaway, Nelson Hayes, Marietta Waters, Nathan Watts, John Fischbach, Amale Mathews, Josette Valentino—background percussion

Stevie Wonder-vocals, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, drums

2."If It's Magic" (Wonder) – 3:12 Dorothy Ashby—harp

Stevie Wonder—vocal, harmonica

3."As" (Wonder) – 7:08 Nathan Watts—bass, handclaps

Dean Parks—guitar

Herbie Hancock—Fender Rhodes, handclaps

Greg Brown—drums

Stevie Wonder—lead and background vocal, Fender Rhodes

Mary Lee Whitney—background vocals

Dave Hanson, Yolanda Simon, Josette Valentino—handclaps

4."Another Star" (Wonder) – 8:08 Bobbi Humphrey—flute

George Benson—guitar and background vocals

Hank Redd—alto saxophone

Raymond Maldonado—trumpet

Trevor Laurence—tenor saxophone

Steve Madaio—trumpet

Nathan Alford, Jr.—percussion

Carmello Hungria Garcia—timbales

Stevie Wonder—lead vocal, piano, bass synthesizer, drums

Josie James—background vocals

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Track listing

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1.

"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"

Michael Jackson

Quincy Jones, Jackson (co)

6:02

2.

"Baby Be Mine"

Rod Temperton

Jones

4:20

3.

"The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney)

Jackson

Jones, Jackson (co)

3:42

4.

"Thriller"

Temperton

Jones

5:57

5.

"Beat It"

Jackson

Jones, Jackson (co)

4:18

6.

"Billie Jean"

Jackson

Jones, Jackson (co)

4:54

7.

"Human Nature"

Steve Porcaro, John Bettis

Jones

4:06

8.

"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"

James Ingram, Jones

Jones

3:59

9.

"The Lady in My Life"

Temperton

Jones

4:59

Released: January 23, 1984

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Sorry if this list is really long, but there are so many albums that have had a huge affect on me. Many of these albums have affected me due to the lyrical nature of the songs, and the composition which can literally transport you to another universe. Quite a few of these albums, I heard during my childhood (Predominately during 2000-05), when my Mum + Dad used to play them pretty much on rotation, so they always remind me of my younger days. Others are either my first introduction to the band or are purely my favourite albums. So hopefully this proves to the oldies that there are many teenagers and young adults out there that don't listen to the same generic crap! :P

So, here goes!

  1. Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus
  2. The Beatles - Abbey Road
  3. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
  4. The Black Angels - Passover
  5. The Black Keys - Brothers
  6. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
  7. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
  8. Bob Dylan - Infidels
  9. Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
  10. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
  11. Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon
  12. The Cruel Sea - The Honeymoon Is Over
  13. Dirty Three - Dirty Three
  14. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
  15. The Drones - Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By
  16. Ed Kuepper - Character Assassination
  17. EELS - Daisies Of The Galaxy
  18. EELS - Beautiful Freak
  19. EELS - Live With Strings
  20. EELS - Hombre Lobo
  21. Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man
  22. Grinderman - Grinderman
  23. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
  24. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Acme
  25. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
  26. Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen
  27. Neil Young - Harvest
  28. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
  29. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
  30. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
  31. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig
  32. Palace Music - Viva Last Blues
  33. Patti Smith - Easter
  34. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
  35. PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
  36. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
  37. The Police - Synchronicity
  38. Rowland S. Howard - Pop Crimes
  39. Steely Dan - Aja
  40. Tv On The Radio - Dear Science
  41. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
  42. U2 - The Joshua Tree
  43. U2 - Achtung Baby
  44. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
  45. U2 - No Line On The Horizon
  46. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
  47. UNKLE - Never, Never, Land
  48. UNKLE - Where Did The Night Fall
  49. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
  50. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
  51. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  52. Wire - Chairs Missing
  53. Wire - Send

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Stevie Ray Vaughn - Live Alive

Anoushka Shankar - Live from Carnagie Hall

Dropkick Murphys - Live on St. Patrick's Day from Boston, MA

Tinariwen - Radio Tisdas Sessions

And anything by Wille Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash

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Great thread...bringing back lots of memories. A full spectrum of rock represented, so I'll add some of my favorite jam...

The Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill Gang

Zapp - Zapp III

Lakeside - Your Wish is My Command

Rick James - Street Songs

Prince - Controversy

Whodini - Escape

Another unmentioned...

Billie Holiday - Complete Billie Holiday on Verve

Catching my interest lately...

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

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Jefferson Airplane- After Bathing At Baxters

Grateful Dead- Anthem Of The Sun

Pink Floyd- Saucerful Of Secrets

King Crimson- In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson- Red

Santana- Abraxis

Steely Dan- The Royal Scam

Mahavishnu Orchestra- Inner Mounting Flame

Miles Davis- ******* Brew

Willie Dixon- I Am The Blues

Bob Marley & Wailers- Natty Dread

Peter Tosh- Legalize It

Black Uhuru- Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Just some off the top of my head. Yeah, I'm old!

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What happened to the Miles Davis album, ******* Brew? It's a title. You're censoring now?

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I wish I could make shorter list, but it's not possible and still there are very many great albums missing.

AC/DC: Let There Be Rock

Aerosmith: Pump

Astatke, Mulatu: The Story Of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975

Beastie Boys: Ill Communication

Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beck, Jeff: Wired

Björk: Debut

Black Sabbath: Live Evil

Blur: Blur

Boomtown Rats: The Fine Art Of Surfacing

Bowie, David: Space Oddity

Chemical Brothers: Surrender

Clarke, Stanley: If This Bass Could Only Talk

Clash: London Calling

Davis, Miles: Tutu

Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms

Dukes Of Stratosphear: Psonic Psunspot

Fatboy Slim: You've Come A Long Way, Baby

Fishbone: Truth And Soul

Foo Fighters: The Colour And The Shape

Heliocentrics: Out There

Hubbard, Freddie: Polar AC

Iron Maiden: Powerslave

Jamiroquai: Synkronized

Kravitz, Lenny: Are You Gonna Go My Way

Led Zeppelin: Houses Of The Holy

Living Colour: Vivid

Metallica: Ride The Lightning

Moody Blues: In Search Of The Lost Chord

Morse, Steve: High Tension Wires

Motörhead: Another Perfect Day

Nirvana: Nevermind

Oasis: Definitely Maybe

Oldfield, Mike: Amarok

Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Prodigy: The Fat Of The Land

Queens Of The Stone Age: Rated R

Queensryche: Operation: Mindcrime

Radiohead: The Bends

Rainbow: Rising

Rolling Stones: Tattoo You

Roth, David Lee: Skyscraper

Rush: Moving Pictures

Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks

Slipknot: Iowa

Soundgarden: Superunknown

Sting: Nothing Like The Sun

Stray Cats: Stray Cats

Supergrass: In It For The Money

Thin Lizzy: Renegade

Van Halen: 1

Who: Who's Next

Winehouse, Amy: Back To Black

XTC: Mummer

Zappa, Frank: Meets The Mothers Of Prevention

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I saw the Band, the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers at Watkins Glen the summer of 1973. There were over 500,000 people there. From what I remember of it (memory impaired for obvious reasons) the Band blew the others out of the water. A year later I saw them with Bob Dylan. The best musicians together with the best poet of our generation. They really set the bar. Levon Helm recently died. Nobody will ever sing, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" like Helm.

I was also at Watkins Glen. Great time. Grateful Dead opened, then The Band set up. A huge thunderstorm delayed their set. When the rain stopped they opened up with "Don't Do It" and played a fabulous set.

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Chicago I.

If "Baby What A Big Surprise" hadn't been such a nauseatingly big 'hit' I would have discovered this band much sooner. Desert Island LP and easily in my Top 5.

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When I was 16yrs old, I had a summer job working for a moving company. On one move the family's son who was old (probably early 20's)got his component stereo set up while we were hauling stuff into their new home.

This was what came out of his speakers and I had never heard anything like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRctHwXFiJw

I was was blown away by the sound and asked him what it was.

He said "Jazz"

The album was "California Concert" the Hollywood Paladium

It took me a couple of years to find it, but when I did I then began buying the albums of the musician on it and fell in love with another musical style.

In the Words of Frank "Music Is The Best"

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One of the great things about the Forum is the wide scope of age/generational ranges represented. I know there are many 70's, 80's children here Maybe a few 50's? (Ken??), all of your worthy choices reflecting these decades.

Although in 1977 I was still too young (8) to enjoy it, Steely Dans AJA was a a classic, timeless breakthrough album that changed in studio recording forever. A unique blend of jazz, pop, rock, with funky grooves, razor sharp harmonies and lyrical mind candy that played infinitely would never tire. The tracks are incredibly deep and complex, uplifting feel good music. I was surprised it had not been mentioned yet on the thread! Curious to hear if anyone else 30 and over feels the same.

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AJA was performed by the best studio musicians in the world. Technically, it is a perfect record. Steve Gadd shines most brightly.

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I hope I'm not interrupting a particular flow here, but I've got to mention a bit of classical...

Robert Carver 'O bone Jesu', a 19-voice motet, you can find it on 'Carver: Scottish Renaissance Polyphony'. Incidentally, it's also on a loop at Stirling Castle if you go into the Great Hall. I played this to a friend of mine (who used to be a lute teacher, of all things) and he loved it so much he bought the album online there and then. The album is superb, but that motet makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.

'Palestrina: Missa l'homme arme' (Naxos), because aside from the beauty of the title piece, this album drew me into medieval and renaissance music, where I've been happily ensconced for years now.

Finally...

'Anon. Paris expers Paris', an album of music from the School of Notre Dame. I love all of this music, but the performances on this album make me honestly feel like I'm floating.

Anyway, apologies if I've jumped in...

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One of the great things about the Forum is the wide scope of age/generational ranges represented. I know there are many 70's, 80's children here Maybe a few 50's? (Ken??), all of your worthy choices reflecting these decades.

Although in 1977 I was still too young (8) to enjoy it, Steely Dans AJA was a a classic, timeless breakthrough album that changed in studio recording forever. A unique blend of jazz, pop, rock, with funky grooves, razor sharp harmonies and lyrical mind candy that played infinitely would never tire. The tracks are incredibly deep and complex, uplifting feel good music. I was surprised it had not been mentioned yet on the thread! Curious to hear if anyone else 30 and over feels the same.

Aja is a classic, but for me The Royal Scam is THE Steely Dan album. Funny story. The pedal steel guitarist I play with is good friends with Dean Parks, who did the guitar solo on the song Haitian Divorce. He did the solo, Becker & Fagen said great & Dean left. Becker & Fagen then replayed the solo through one of those Peter Frampton voice box vocoders. First Dean Parks knew about it was when he heard the song on the radio.Such is the life of session musicians. :rotfl:

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I hope I'm not interrupting a particular flow here, but I've got to mention a bit of classical...

Anyway, apologies if I've jumped in...

No apologies necessary - Classical can be extremely moving. And Jazz. And....

(I've been re-listening to Mutter's Carmen Fantasie CD as of late and still find it incredible)

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