what was the last 'classic album' you got and were knocked out by?

Several years ago, I tried to turn a skeptical younger friend of mine on to that album by insisting that he just try out "The Working Hour." It was a success.

xpost to myself - OK, I'm listening to "Whitechocolatespacegg," and it actually IS pretty "1998 VH1"-sounding, ha ha. But if you can deal with that...

(They cut out the pre-chorus of "Polyester Bride" for its actual airplay on VH1; I thought at the time that this was a perfect and depressing illustration of, well, something.)

April Wine- First Glance
These guys are kinda the Canadian Golden Earring, no? April Wine has been around forever and like other vet musicians like say Ronnie James Dio got popular like a decade after being in the minor leagues. From what I understand, this one is their first US released LP.

Interesting. The only April Wine song I can call to mind offhand is "Oowatanite", which apparently came out three years before this. That one was (and probably is) in heavy rotation on Ottawa classic rock radio. Are their albums worth a listen?

Oh, Youtube went to "I Like to Rock" straight after that and I know this one like the back of my hand too.

Oh, OK, it went to "Roller" now, which is from First Glance and this is super-familiar too.

i was in my brother's bar and they played a mahogany rush cover of a hendrix song or something. i was really confused. his bar is in kentucky, not canada. same thing for april wine. i'll only ever know them for their shitty cover of "21st century schizoid man".

my library has been really light on pre-1990 additions lately. last one i added was don everly's s/t a month ago. it's some good country music though!

Ha, this cover isn't great, yeah.

Early 80s prom soft rock tune "Just Between You and Me" is probably April Wine's most popular tune I'd figure.

I remember "Flight of the Gypsy Queen" as a kid and that along with getting into other off Canadian hard rock nuggets like Pat Travers and Max Webster got me curious.

April Wine's not great but their harmony singing with the arena rock crunch is a bit theirs' sound wise.

Rushomancy, where in KY is your brother's bar.

So jealous of anyone just hearing Guyville for the first time.

such a rip-off of Soccer Mommy

Realizing I had never heard so many famous singles in their contexts and wanting to do so, I listened to all of Too-Rye-Ay by Dexy's for the first time just yesterday. What a great record! It walks a real careful line, when it comes to the more soul-influenced songs, between simple pastiche and an actual example of the idiom and pulls it off perfectly.

"Just Between You and Me" doesn't sound familiar at all, actually, but those other three are burned into my brain. (I see Toronto's Q107 played "Roller" this morning.)

15-60-75 (The Numbers Band) - basically all their 70s and 80s work has been hitting the spot lately. Their blend of blues, jazz and rock melded with Robert Kidney's vocals is the best.

hey thanks gang, Liz Phair has more fans than i realized!

I love that first 15-60-75 album

Not an album per se or at least not until it was cover mounted on the latest Mojo but the collection of early mod r'n'b that came with e Roger Daltrey edition of taht mag. Classic singles from the early 60s some of which may be better known in cover versions from mod/beat bands.

Rushomancy, where in KY is your brother's bar.

― earlnash

covington, just south of cincy

judee sill - heart food (how is it that i'm 50 and just hearing her for the first time!?)
the byrds - ballad of easy rider

joni mitchell - hejira

^^^ Hejira is pretty much the greatest album by anyone ever

This week I discovered Delroy Wilson via a greatest hits comp. He's great!

Is Poison's Open Up and Say... Ah! a Classic album? Because it sounds fantastic right now.

No idea if it's a classic, but I wish it sounded more like its album cover.

It's hard to imagine that a long tongue and that title were enough to get that album cover censored.

Not an album, but Barbara Lewis' 'Hello Stranger' randomly popped up on the in-store radio at work and it completely floored me. I knew Julia Holter's version from Loud City Song, but never realized it was a cover.

Barbara Lewis is awesome!

Baby, I'm Yours
Make Me Your Baby
Don't Forget About Me
Make Me Belong To You
Think a Little Sugar

Bookends

I'm not normally someone that listens to blues records, but West Side Soul by Magic Sam totally blew me away.

the harder they come soundtrack

Court and Spark

missed the wave last year but am now on the pirates boat

Was planning on posting about Pirates here. I discovered it with last year’s thread/discussions and it has been slowly growing into a fave of mine ever since.

Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen

More Songs About Buildings And Food - knew the later albums but somehow missed out on this one until now

Cem Karaca/Karpaslar which I had to compile from tracks on Spotify and I hope i used the right versions for. Just reading the Daniel Spicer book on Anadolu Psych which had a chapter on Karaca which has me looking into the music written about.
There are Guerssen reissues of this and the other Cem Karaca compilation from around the same time which was also really great.
Need to get hold of copies.

Anyway Turkish mid 70s psych meets traditional Turkish folk melodies. Great stuff.

inta omri by oum kulthum

More Songs About Buildings And Food - knew the later albums but somehow missed out on this one until now

Get the first album next (if you don’t have it)!

I'm not normally someone that listens to blues records, but West Side Soul by Magic Sam totally blew me away.

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There's a Magic Sam disc with his 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival performance and early '60s Chicago live recordings that absolutely burns. You'll love it.

james blood ulmer - black rock
lou reed - new sensations

Scorpions - 'Tokyo Tapes' has been the autobahn choice of late.

magic sam, holy shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Q9eWf2ul8

Isn't that amazing? No one could get that sound. He never used a pick!

That video is fucking amazing.

^^ this

Mo - no mythologies to follow

I love that he's not even using his own guitar in that clip. He forgot his guitar and had to borrow Earl Hooker's. Young guitarists take note: the guitar doesn't matter if you can make your fingers play like that!

Fans of West Side Soul, don't skip the 1968 live recording Live at the Avant Garde. Incredible stuff and surprisingly decent sound.

Insane this guy died at 32. A monster / master.

Spinning 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band) today thanks to this thread, Apparently they are still gigging around Akron.

How’s an album going to knock you out? Did it fall down from a high shelf?

happened to me yesterday

something oh so groovy