well there's this onehttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V2819P8DL._SL500_AA300_.jpgwhich is a later recording of most of the same material. the "first" meditations (quartet version) was released posthumously, i believe. trying to get psychedelic...or something.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
First Meditations was released in 1978, I believe. Hence the crappy cover. Great record, though; fascinating to hear Meditations with just the unaugmented quartet.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://allmusic.com/album/first-meditations-r136916
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
The difference is that First Meditations was recorded 9/2/65, and Meditations was recorded 11/23/65 with Pharoah Sanders and Rashid Ali.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
113 Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957) 751 Points, 9 voteshttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4OaDr9HgD6s/TVqj5AIFLTI/AAAAAAAADZM/OPE3UQycJmU/s1600/album-miles-ahead.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/6WOddaa5Vqp8gQZic8ZUw9
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
Never heard First Meditations despite ranking Meditations proper um, quite highly on my ballot. That cover stopped me from ever picking it up in record stores tbh.
― Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
i must admit im unfamiliar with it too
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
they're both great -- first meditations is better imo.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
Dudes. It's the very last recording made by the classic Coltrane quartet. Whether you think it's better than the later version or not, it's essential!
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
112 Wayne Shorter - Schizophrenia (1967) 760 Points, 7 voteshttp://storage.canalblog.com/14/06/500408/29452842.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/4Ngkptf4tipkoTOIjoF2kW
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
such a big album...I voted for this.
― dubplates and monster munch (seandalai), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
i forget if i did or not. I cant remember my ballot at all so if there's a lack of 'i voted for this' it's probably because i forgot if i did or not.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
That's the one Shorter Blue Note I haven't heard. I'm reasonably certain Super Nova is on my ballot, though.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
111 Jackie McLean - One Step Beyond (1963) 761 Points, 8 voteshttp://www.collectorshowcase.fr/IMAGES2/bn_6304.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/6uF5FWBpktRA9OAdC0mMZI
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
A real masterpiece this album
110 Lou Donaldson - Good Gracious (1963) 764 Points, 7 Votes http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KDBb8Cf_vM0/SxMHxB0tCYI/AAAAAAAAADA/RzezkMR43vc/s1600/LouDonaldson.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/3t30iLOTupVo9r3J5lJtm4
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
good album this and it's a great cheeky cover!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
109 McCoy Tyner - Expansions (1968) 771 Points, 7 voteshttp://www.progreviews.com/reviews/images/MT-Exp.jpg
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
super album
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
would buy that rubik's cube
― Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
108 Miles Davis - Miles in The Sky (1968) 778 Points 7 Voteshttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZS3yxkqJL._SL500_AA300_.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/1qxketIip4Mbqb2TglxPuY
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
Surprised this one beat the older (the better ones at least) albums tbh
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
107 Donald Byrd - Blackbyrd (1973) 785 Points, 8 voteshttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IyDZgXq8QH0/S1BjwNu9GKI/AAAAAAAADso/KLVXi90FGHk/s400/Donald+Byrd+-+Black+Byrd.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/0j5Nx6IeRw3H5gohShC0qZ
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
Love this album so much.
106 Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby (1961) 796 Points, 7 voteshttp://deadleafonafence.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/waltz-for-debby-19611.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/34IpO0C1HTqI64fmPi3OyU
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
http://manicpopthrills.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/acelebration.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Low_c%27mon.jpg
― Hipster Shake Boogie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Low_c%27mon.jpg
― Hipster Shake Boogie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/Low_c%27mon.jpg
― Hipster Shake Boogie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
(should have been one post, those last three)
― Hipster Shake Boogie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
Like thishttp://www.bongal.com/uploads/groups/2010-04/233x233/12707195821270719545.84-e59fdd0ffaeebaf6418f2a9f6d06979b.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/Low_c%27mon.jpg
― Hipster Shake Boogie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
105 Sun Ra - Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy (1963) 801 Points 8 voteshttp://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/r/ra_sun~~~~~_cosmicton_101b.jpg
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
deej will be chuffed to bits
Now that I've resolved my html problems, is there a way to see your history when listening to Spotify in shuffle mode or any mode) once you shift playlists? I just heard something cool with some kind of flamenco sound and castanets and a female vocalist and now I don't know what it was.
Actually I went to look at what it was and hit some button by accident which played something else.
― Hipster Shake Boogie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
last.fm?
― dubplates and monster munch (seandalai), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
I don't have Spotify, but my guess is Mingus, "Ysabel's Table Dance"
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
the advantages of scrobbling right here
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, that was it. Thanks, Fastnbulbous.
― Hipster Shake Boogie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it's probably Ysabel's Table Dance from the awesome Tijuana Moods album. Also, Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy is an awesome album title & probably Sun Ra's best.
― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
104 Don Cherry - Mu - Parts 1 & 2 (1969) 803 Points, 9 voteshttp://images.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drg300/g398/g39866ig9ta.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/3ZmQWhX0ASCJImWjdrucCA
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
Also, Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy is an awesome album title & probably Sun Ra's best.
Best album title or best album?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
Both. :)
That Jackie McLean album is probably his best, too, imo.
― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
Cosmic Tones is definitely one of Ra's best. Ridiculously ahead of its time.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
How many Sun Ra is that now? I cba checking that and how many Miles & Trane albums are in so far as I have #103 to post
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
103 Albert Ayler - Live in Greenwich Village (1967) 807 Points, 6 votes, One #1 http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/a/ayler_alber_albertayl_101b.jpgTho I suspect everyone was voting for http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y42KD5AFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2XluGSERaQXvER7reSsGeP
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
that's my fave ayler.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
the "complete" set, i mean...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's a lot of peoples fave
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
My #1 vote. It gets to me on a physical level that no other jazz album reaches, I rarely ever listen to more than a couple of tracks in one sitting because I'm floored after the first one.
Also wow at that hippy-dippy psychedelic artwork, it makes even less sense than the dubious puppet cover on the 2-CD version.
― dubplates and monster munch (seandalai), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
I actually think it makes more sense, at least from an old-fogey-record-company-dude-in-the-60s way: "The kids today, they like the swirly far-out letters!" That puppet, on the other hand, is random to the point of being insulting to Ayler's memory.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
both shit covers anyway - pity given the stellar artwork dominating the countdown hitherto.
― dubplates and monster munch (seandalai), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link