A few months ago I had an urge to pick up Electric Warrior by T-Rex only to find that copies of the last batch of reissues were going for silly prices.
Thankfully, this week sees the new version hit the shelves, so I grabbed a copy today.
Totally knocked out.
I've had a cheap-n-cheerful T-Rex comp for a few years, but having the definitive album makes it all so much better.
Also picked up Mott, by Mott the Hoople, and tomorrow, if all goes to plan, I intend to go get 'The Hoople' as I just know thats going to hit the spot as well, though I doubt as much as Electric Warrior.
Damn, it's good.
[On a side note : does this mean I have to get the current Demon Records version of The Slider, or is there going to be a new edition of that one in the near future - anyone know ? ]
― mark e, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've been getting knocked out by every early Herbie Hancock album I pick up: Maiden Voyage, Inventions and Dimensions, Takin' Off...
― Charles de Gaul (Whitey on the Moon), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was so late to the game on all of these, but that almost made my reaction to them better, somehow: Marquee Moon, Purple Rain, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
― caulk the wagon and float it, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
also Laughing Stock (sorry op, not pre-1990)
― caulk the wagon and float it, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Science Fiction sessions by Ornette Coleman? Maison Rose by Emanuelle PArenin?
A couple of Alice Cooper remaster flac sets from the original band era? About a month ago.
Probably Mark Fry Dreaming With Alice since I got that at the end of last week and I assume it fits the category. Got the Ornette at the same time.
Guess Sylvester Anfang II's 1st s/t doesn't count?
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
xxxxxpost, I prefer the early CD of Slider to that last remastered one. On the latter, the bass drum constantly destroys all the other instruments.
― til the sound of my voice will haint u (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
OH!, and Sketches of Spain. goddamn that shit's good― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, September 1, 2004 5:15 PM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Rediscovered the lp about 6 years back after listening to the Spanish Jam from the Grateful Dead's 14/2/68 Carousel gig and thinking it was a pretty straight lift from what I could remember. Lead me back to listening to the original which i think I had to buy to do. Had had it on vinyl yearseearlier.Think I need to rerediscover it cos I haven't listened i ages.Still haven't heard what the deal was with the cover versions on the Gauntlet s/trk. Did Clint Eastwood try to get the original, get turned down and commission a new version or was there a new version of the same material by whoever it was already out there? think it was Concierto di Aranjuez (sp?) so the Miles was a cover itself of course. Oh, & most of the Gil Evans/Miles stuff is pretty classic anyway.
There's a really good take on one of the SOS tracks on video but I can't find it on youtube right now, may look again later.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 07:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
two by Novos Baianos really impress me, like two of the best records ever i'd never heard before - Abacou Chorare and F.C. - classic bossa sounds meet folk/psych and they're kinda stunningly brilliant
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Been working through early Hawkwind and being destroyed and amazed at every turn. I had always pegged them as a Grateful Dead/Gong hippie-nonsense kinda thing; no-one told me they were all about murky monster riffs from the black lagoon. In Search of Space/Doremi Fasol Latido/Space Ritual is a flooring run. Their catalog is intimidating; I assume it's not all worth checking out. Recommendations?
― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Hall of the Mountain Grill is up there with those ones.
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Quark Strangeness and Charm has always been a faveHawklords is pretty greatLevitation is def. worth checkingi'm partial to the Calvert years sorta
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mountain Grill + Quark Strangeness IMO, plus the one with Elric on the cover.
― til the sound of my voice will haint u (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh, is that Warrior on the Edge of Time? not sure, but that's a great orkwind, too
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah yeah that one. Those three are my faves. Space Ritual doesn't habe the prescribed effect on me for some reason.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i've gone back to space ritual since it's so highly regarded by the hawk fans in general. it's a great live landmark recording but just doesn't get me off like the studio stuff mentioned.
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
We are lucky j0n w1ll1ams isn't on ILX anymore, he would FP us both for that opinion.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not exactly on topic, but I've just gotta report that I'm finally really starting to love Bitches Brew, 25 years (!) after I first heard it. (Headphones are key to enjoyment.)
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've been hearing a bunch of NWOBHM albums for the first time. Not sure of classic status, but in addition to compilations, these:
Witchfynde - Give 'Em HellWitchfynde - StagefrightShiva - Firedance 82Satan - Court In The Act 83
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Even though I knew most of the songs from decades of airplay on AOR and classic-rock radio, I only recently listened to Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs from start to finish for the first time. Wow, what a powerful record....
― Lee626, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:06 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
been listening to both of these a loooooooooot in the past month and yeah
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Re: Hawkwind: Definitely check out Robert Calvert's "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters."
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
^even better, "Lucky Leif And The Longships".
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Really? I never got into that one.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
i've been aware of michael hurley for a while, but a recent listen to armchair boogie made me think that the dude might be the best ever.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
xxxpost: i think i listened F.C. about 10 times in two days which is a helluva lot for me and one record.i know eno had somethin' to do w/Lucky Leif, but i only ever got into a coupla tunes on that one. got to see Calvert about six months before he passed @ 100 club and i remember the smoking version of "ejection"
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
FC is def my fav
the whole doc is up in one youtube as well
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love F.C. too, not sure why it's not quite as well regarded as Abacou Chorare.
I've been listening to Little Feat's "Feats Don't Fail Me Now" non-stop for the past week. I think they hit the perfect balance of jazz fusion and southern rock here.
― President Keyes, Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
moodymann - silentintroduction
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, that's a goddam great album, probably my favorite MH
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
Lee Morgan and Joe Henderson kick ass on this thing. It's like a breezy day along the lakeshore in mid april.Cool, maybe a bit harsh at times, but exhilarating.I can't play this loud enough.
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Been meaning to ask if this thread meant heard for the first time or reheard but it still had that special whatever you got the first time.Cos I think there are a number of things i haven't listed that I could do with the latter, keep getting hit by tracks on my walkman for one thing.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
walkman is more of a 'classic belt attachment' tho
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Listening to Galaxie 500 Today up close for the first time right now.I've heard it in passing in a bar a few times before, but this merits closer inspection.It fits my mood really well today.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have like 350 hours of music on my walkman and normally play at random so tracks are hitting me unexpectedly, probably in different colourings thanks to context of surrounding tracks. A lot of that would count as classics I think, but not if you' re only counting first time hearings.
I also tend to rediscover cds I have had for a while but not listened to in ages. Pretty constantly. Again a lot of things that would probably count as classic though I'm not sure what definition of canon you're using for classic. There are quite a few.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh and the last pretty much standardly recognised classic lp I've just been knocked out by is CCR's Green River. But I've had it for a while, soon after the most recent reissue and have been aware of the lp since it turned up on vinyl in a jumble sale in the early to mid 80s. Just not heard it in ages so not as familiar with it as I maybe should be.
Wonder if the first Sylvester Anfang II counts as a classic yet cos that knocked me out immediately before the CCR.
& Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music is the 3rd cd on my 3-changer. Another knock out that I've been neglecting.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, according to the original post, we're talking pre-1990 albums here.But shit, I'm no judge of what's classic and what isn't.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Easter Everywhere - owned & loved the 1st 13th Floor Elevators album for 15+ years but somehow never got around to hearing this album until a couple of weeks ago - what a mistake, nearly every track is a killer. Particularly fond of I Had To Tell You.
― zappi, Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bought time you slipped inside this house
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
bout time
yeah i meant heard *for the first time* in the original post. 'classic' just meant anything 'from kinda way back' and 'pre 1990' seemed a generation ago at the time (in 2004) so it sorta worked for me. but pre or post 1990 it makes no odds 800+ posts on, as folk have thrown all sorts of stuff in.
man i mean i guess now albums *from* 2004 are classics.
― piscesx, Thursday, 26 April 2012 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Fingers Inc - Another Side
So classic why is it out of print?
― blank, Friday, May 27, 2011 4:01 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I've got it as FLACs, wish I hadn't lost my copy of the lp. Heard it's worth quite a bit. Did hope somebody would finally get it together to release it. Souljazz would be a likely candidate.Or did I hear that the original release wasn't altogether Kosher? Which might mean its a copyright issue.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 26 April 2012 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Last one? Aphrodite's Child and 666
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 April 2012 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Those double disc reissues of 13th Floor Elevators that came out last year are nice. I've heard Easter Everywhere, but it was like hearing it for the first time again.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 26 April 2012 21:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I got "Pink flag", "154" and "A bell is a cup" on vinyl some ten years ago, wore them out, declared Wire a 'favourite band'. Bought "Send" and "Object 47" when they came out. Then I realized last week I'd never heard "Chairs Missing". Whoops.
― poxen, Thursday, 26 April 2012 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh, there's a happy ending to that story of course
― poxen, Thursday, 26 April 2012 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
tonights treat that totally hits the all important spot : carpenters 74-78
gold shiny cover and all ..
best 50p i ever spent ?
quite possibly.
― mark e, Thursday, 26 April 2012 23:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Death Of A Ladies Man by Leonard Cohen/Phil Spector think I really like this lp, especially in the recent remaster. It styil gets dismissed though. thought it had a critical reevaluation around the time The Bad Seeds were becoming popular. Though I think it might sound a bit more like the Tindersticks.
― Stevolende, Friday, 27 April 2012 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down, Young Stranger, oh yes, it's a knockout
― you can expect punches, kicks and even worse (frogbs), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
So fuckin' great
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh yeah, that one too. I expected it to be a hell of a lot more difficult than it actually was (outside of some of the stuff in the end)
― you can expect punches, kicks and even worse (frogbs), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink