my arbitrary list of favorite records since the dawn of the LP era.

'Private Parts'is my favourite record of all time so i didn't have to read past that.

i only know a few more of them anyway.

private parts is so fucking goddamn great it makes my head spin.

between:

Sonny Sharrock
Al Green
Kate Bush

voted Sharrock.

That Jandek track is pretty damn sweet indeed. Just looking at the tracklist and I recognise the title 'When the Telephone Melts', but none of the others.

black woman

Many great ones, but Tonight's the Night, with bonus applause for "A Very Cellular Song."

here is a partial list of things that were excluded from the poll because of option limits--

popol vuh 'bruder des schattens...'
rallizes denudes live 77
black sabbath 'paranoid'
don cherry 'mu'
the byrds 'younger than yesterday'
lee hazelwood 'requiem for an almost lady'
brigitte fontaine & areski 'l'incendie'
shirley & dolly collins 'love, death & the lady'
hendrix 'are you experienced'
amon duul 'paradieswaarts duul'

i'm really bored guys :(

maybe i'll make a ist of my favorite soul singles or hillbilly 78s next.

it's fucking with me to have "dead c" and "tusk" so close

hurdy gurdy man cause why not?

My gut instinct is telling me to go with Surrealistic Pillow here. Hmm...

Hawkwind just over Dead C.

crut do u jam on that international harvester album? i think it would make you happy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5VvQOXf4_o

havent heard enough of these to vote but thanks for the playlist!

What a great list of records... I had to go with Gilded Palace of Sin.

can't believe i forgot the godz, pearls before swine, and chris darrow

Lots I've not heard but some absolute classics here, including my two favourite LPs of all time. My top 10:

Fleetwood Mac 'Tusk'
Guided by Voices 'Alien Lanes'
Kate Bush 'Hounds of Love'
The Incredible String Band 'The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter'
The Rolling Stones 'Beggar's Banquet'
Richard & Linda Thompson 'I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight'
The Band s/t
Neil Young 'Tonight's The Night'
Pharaoh Sandes 'Karma'
Gene Clark 'No Other'

Read the list, reached for my copy of Night Beat.

Hounds of Love, Easter Everywhere and maybe Tusk are all-time top ten for me. Love a whole bunch of other stuff on here too. Some names I don't even remember even seeing before though - Suni McGrath, Virgin Insanity, Claude Delcloo, Willis Alan Ramsey?

Would normally give this to HOL but I'm feeling in a Roky sort of mood today so...

John Fahey 'Requia'

this was the first Fahey album I heard, when it was reissued in the 80s. interesting that it's yr favorite. but fuck voting, I'm using this as a playlist/guide

Harsh 70s Reality because it's New Zealand Music Month and "Driver U.F.O.", but yeah, what a great list of records. Been jamming on a lot of The Sinking of the Titanic lately.

(Also, noize dudes are married? I feel old.)

Hawkwind just over Sam Cooke, Fairport, Kate Bush, Gene Clark, loads of others dammit

gotta go with metal mountains at this point in time.

gotta go with Karma here

awww, sang freud, that's sweet.

i waffle between transfiguration of blind joe death & requia, tbh

can't believe i forgot the godz, pearls before swine, and chris darrow

Plus the record suggested by your display name.

yeah, that one too!

I'm using this as a playlist/guide

― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:56 (8 hours ago) Permalink

at this pt in my life its prob gene clark but idk

private parts v tusk v hounds of love v band s/t v v v v v goddamn

Suni McGrath - instrumental guitarist, put out some records on Adelphi, for fans of Robbie Baso
Virgin Insanity - private press basement folk-rock, youtube the tune "don't get down"
Claude Delcloo - jazz drummer; the Africanasia LP features members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Arthur Jones etc. It's groovy and trancey.
Willis Alan Ramsey - songwriter from texas. put out one LP on leon russell's Shelter label. Waylon covered his "Satin Sheets" and changed "praise the lord & pass the mescaline" to "praise the lord & pass the tambourine" (ugh.)

fuck voting, I'm using this as a playlist/guide

Me too. SO happy to see Metal Mountains up there.
Are there any digitally recorded albums on this list?

money jungle with no regrets. one of my very favorite albums.

second place is a dense thicket: tusk, american beauty, requia, golden trees, armchair boogie, beggar's banquet, karma, etc etc etc

metal mountains lol nepotism

;)

it's a good record!

I know!

market square vs tonight's the night for me but that seems like a very odd lady or the tiger to make

Awesome list, voted Karma

market square & tonight's the night = you like record covers with black backgrounds & grayscale imagery?

hounds of love! but your prayer is gonna be undersung alas

and black & grey sounds inside

xp

looking forward to listening to the ones i haven't heard of on this list!

(like...Homegas, Virgin Insanity, others)

hmmm bright lights v tusk v hangman's in the world series of love

have to vote for 'tusk' or 'tonight's the night' or 'money jungle' or 'bright lights'

impeccable list!

slanted and enchanted

but i was just listening to YOUR PRAYER on youtube on my phone in bed last night as annie was trying to go to sleep. i need that one!

electropura is a great record too.

I'm voting for the Dead just cuz.
Was kind of expecting to not know as many of these. I figure everyone on ILM knows more than me.
Need that damn Homegas.

trips, you know tons about records! and we love a lot of the same ones, i know.

Your Prayer

hoo boy i gotta dig out that jandek record. er, CD.

voting beggars banquet just because i'm v pleased that that's the stones record you picked.

Don't think I can go with anything other than Private Parts.. need to listen to a few more of these I don't know.

many of my fave albums here, tusk/sinking of titanic/slanted & enchanted/black woman etc... but my dignity would be besmirched if i didn't vote for armchair boogie.

voting beggars banquet just because i'm v pleased that that's the stones record you picked.

― arby's, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:16 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark

ditto

also i dont know why no one is talking about FIVE YEARS GONE here

'in search of space'

rallizes denudes live 77

― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 3:30 AM (18 hours ago)

i wanna do a list like this now too!!

well go on then son

ok ok ill see what i can cook up

Beggars Banquet
Tusk
Alen Lanes

hubbs is the only person in history to die of smoking too much doobie

Who is Allen Laines?

Love seeing Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willis Allan Ramsey and Townes on this list. Some prime Texas music.

Northeast Texas Women is such a killer tune.

texas wimmin is texas gold
(don't tell me wifey.)

fyi i have never been to texas. except to pass thru el paso on the way to juarez

what was a nice boy like you doing in a place like juarez?

visiting my grandparents in new mexio & taking a day trip as a child.

circa 1996 or so.

fact: the cow skull purchased at a bazaar in juarez now hangs in the record store.

man i bet a list like this limited to texas alone would be awesome. so much of my favorite music came outta TX.

wow, that must have made an major impression, eh? i don't remember seeing a skull, but there is a lot of stuff to look at in there :)

easter everywhere

unhalfbricking

this list is weirdly representative of 2000-2010 for me

it might not even be the one that i'd listen to the most now

but i can't deny tonight's the night

that hit me SO HARD in college, like i went into another world

voting black woman even though it's not my favorite sharrock record (what does that even matter, it still towers unremittingly)

would've voted for rallizes denudes live 77

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Toss up between Tusk and Money Jungle for me. Went with the latter.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

That's a pretty great list!

these results seem quite unilx!

i'm going to download everything i haven't heard. my vote would've been... tusk? but maybe only because i'm obsessed with it right now, h8/<3 u lindsey. maybe karma.

... forgot to vote. sorry, IFCO!

can't believe i forgot the godz, pearls before swine, and chris darrow

― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:30 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that s/t chris darrow record is just... amazing imo. everyone should listen to it.

super-satisfied that American Beauty and After the Gold Rush are tied for third; I always lump those two together in my mind

Michael Nesmith 'And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' 0

this album is killing me lately! so so good