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

Which is very very beautiful

I'd never heard Tubular Bells, except for the intro theme, until recently. Good stuff, a lot more varied than I'd expected somehow.

― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Saturday, May 30, 2020 11:58 AM

listen to oldfield's other albums from the era, too! they rule!

as for me, maybe not an all out across the board classic, but definitely a rare groove classic: marc moulin's mid-70s eurofunk masterpiece sam' suffy really knocked my socks off. it's an album i was certainly aware of, but never looked into, even with the reissue some years back. glad i did. what a unique and great record.

Steve Hillage Fish Rising.
Part of the Gong continuum as the guitarist went solo backed by the just post Allen and Smyth version plus Linda Cooper pre Henry Cow.
Nice swirly stuff.
Picked up after reading Mike Barnes A New Day Yesterday. Might grab a few more things from there. Still don't have any Egg for one. & may need to upgrade my Hatfield and the North.

No Pussyfooting (Fripp/Eno collab) has been getting a lot of play lately. It's pretty & ominous, and listening to it while out for a walk gives everything a surreal sheen.

Son House – Father of Folk Blues

― pomenitul, Saturday, May 30, 2020 2:27 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

fuck yes to this, i listened for the first time last week and it feels like he's in the room with you.

Yeah, it's just incredible. I need to hear his early recordings next, although I'm a complete sucker for those huskier vocals that old age brings.

And while it's not (yet) a 'classic' album per se, Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes's Cypress Grove from last year really made me want to do something about my all-too limited knowledge of blues history.

you should try Mississippi Fred McDowell's I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll as well if you already haven't!

I haven't, so thanks for the tip!

If we're on a blues tip, I'll add 'Folk Singer' by Muddy Waters.

Incredible acoustics to give your hifi a workout if that's your kind of thing.

yeah never thought of that angle before because I have the hundred quid Edifier speakers not worth a shit blues! But love that album as well.

If we're on a blues tip, I'll add 'Folk Singer' by Muddy Waters.

Incredible acoustics to give your hifi a workout if that's your kind of thing.

― Dan Worsley, Monday, June 1, 2020 5:39 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this one i know, second this whole-heartedly

There was a version of the 1930s Son House material in the Proper Introduction series came out about 10 years ago. I know it had decent sound for material of that vintage.
Trying to remember if it was him that was the artist refered to in the quote I'm half remembering about not being able to find his material in good shape cos the discs would be worn out from people partying to them.

The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette. "Love Song" --> the title track = easily one of the best 1-2 album openers I've ever heard.

‘no pussyfooting’ is on streaming now! that has made my day. i played the living shit out of this record back when i had records.

you should try Mississippi Fred McDowell's I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll as well if you already haven't!

Just listened to it now, actually. Phenomenal stuff, thanks again for the heads up!

Muddy Waters's Folk Singer is next.

Listening to The Folk Singer, it's great of course, but I also think a big part of the appeal is the beauty of plate reverb in a very spare environment.

another 1920s bluesman still going strong in 1961:

Furry Lewis, Shake 'Em On Down

R.E.M. - Murmur
Saccharine Trust - PaganIcons
The dB's - Stands For Decibels
The Dream Syndicate - The Days Of Wine And Roses
ZZ Top - Tejas (already knew Tres Hombres)

(and definite co-sign on Eno's On Land xp
first heard yrs ago but didn't sit with it enough for it to sink in at the time
gave a recent re-listen and yeah, great spooky sound design)

T Rex - Electric Wizard
The Ethiopians - Woman Capture Man

the gun club - fire of love
duke ellington (with charles mingus and max roach) - money jungle

I'd never heard Straight, No Chaser until today and I am loving it

Been listening to a bunch of Haroumi Hosono for the first time and have been absolutely floored by Cochin Moon, Philharmony, and S-F-X

yessir

cochin moon and philharmony are definitely in my top 3 hosono atm. i'm not sure what the third is but it keeps rotating. S-F-X rules, though

the middle stretches of cochin moon are contemporary. i refuse to believe it was made 40+ years ago

Been truly loving Francis Monkman's soundtrack to The Long Good Friday. I'm baffled as to why he didn't have a long career afterwards, but he seemed to disappear from soundtrack work afterwards.

I was digging into an interview I conducted in 2019 with South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini and he mentioned an album by saxophonist Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi, and I realized I'd never heard it, so I pulled it up on Spotify. It's called Yakhal' Inkomo, from 1968, and it's short — four tracks, 32 minutes — but a really great bridge between South African jazz and what was going on in America (one track is called "Dedication (to Daddy Trane and Brother Shorter)"). The most recent CD edition is out of print and hard to find, but it's on streaming services. Highly recommended.

I hate to be that guy but this is just a thread for good albums you've heard recently isn't it?

Here, I'll set things aright.

For reasons I couldn't possibly understand or explain, I've been exceedingly familiar with all the classic Sly albums except for Stand!, which I somehow failed to hear to until a couple weeks ago. I guess I just wanted to save myself a treat for a rainy day.

washing machine!

I'm trying to imagine hearing Murmur and Days of Wine and Roses for the first time ever within a short span of time. That must have been great!

discovered DOWAR about ten years ago, and it was special

One good thing about WFH is that I can listen to more music like hearing Swell Maps fucking incredible 2nd album, "Jane from Occupied Europe"

I picked that up on vinyl very recently, it is indeed great. The other one I got not so long ago was Fear & Whiskey by The Mekons, also amazing

There's a Secretly Canadian remaster of a couple of the Swell Maps lps that I have meant to get for years but seems a bit hard to find. I wound up picking up the Rough Trade version of Trip To Marineville a couple of years ago since it was cheap.
Not sure why nobody's done an upgrade on that stuff since it seems to be done to most other bands from the era. Rights remaining with Mute instead of Cherry Red or something?

Secretly Canadian thing being 10 or 15 years old by now.

Mingus Ah Um. no idea why I'd missed it before despite loving other Mingus and this always being in top 10 lists. but it's great obviously.

Yeah, heard that and thought I was hearing echoes in some of the better English Beat/Mod scene stuff Pretty Things, Who etc etc.
Great, great lp and one of several he put out at roughly that time.

From Elvis in Memphis

jessie ware's "what's your pleasure?"

Just got The Idiot remaster and remember how much I love the tracks on it after not listening for ages.
Love the atmosphere. Droning menace.
Haven't heard the Luat For Life yet

How does the remaster sound?

OK, not sure if I've heard any secret depths yet. mainly been listening to it when I'm going to bed or waking up.
May need to live with it for a while to hear its depths.
THink I would have liked some more liner notes tahn just reminiscences aboutits import from ex mebers of Duran Duran. It does have the lyrics and stuff though.

not really the right thread but "homegrown" is probably neil young's 4th best album after atg otb and "harvest". i cant imagine anybody else having left such a masterpiece for 45 years in the cellar. well done, neil.

"gold coast" by distance, light and sky. grand cru. i prefer it to the walkabouts albums.

[https://img.discogs.com/80qPallK4hYKmXpvZeUaXPKAw0Y=/fit-in/600x603/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1099443-1568802327-6801.jpeg.jpg]

been spotifying things i've wanted forever, but that are pretty rare / expensive in physical format, and finally got to this early record by one of my absolute favorites — and let me just say, this album is even better than i could have imagined. i thought the plateau of mirror and the pearl were awesomely and nearly unfathomably gorgeous, but pavilion of dreams completely blows them away within the first ten minutes. really hoping that it sees another reissue soon, because this is totally essential.

Is Night Train by Oscar Peterson considered a classic? it has been ruling me lately, weird phased cymbals and all. really puts me in a good place.

yep, peterson's 60s verve run is alltime. if you haven't heard it, definitely check the record with ben webster. also, it's usually not mentioned among his best, but i've always had a soft spot for soul español.

i remember seeing this live bill evans and stan getz album about a hundred times in the used bins at amoeba, usually for like $2.99, and i'm regretting not ever once purchasing one of those copies.

i mean, it's 70s bill evans. absolutely nothing else like it. gorgeous.

That record is one of the few that has stayed for more than a few years on the 30gb iPod I keep in the car, alongside Evans' final record