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

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.

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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

listening to But Beautiful now, thanks for that recommendation. i've never listened to mid-70s bill evans!

"the peacocks", in particular. you can hear getz pressing the keys in and out, such a good recording

I recommend You Must Believe in Spring too - similar era, it flirts with easy listening but Bill was beginning to reach for something again.

If YMBIS is easy listening, then I am a heavy Stan for the genre. Unbelievably good record

i think the piano trio format that bill preferred can be a little deceptive because a cursory listen to a lot of his recordings in that regard sounds like loungey cocktail hour music.

(although i agree: if that's considered easy listening, count me in)

i know this is not generally a recommendations topic, but for anyone who wants to hear peak 70s bill evans, but who maybe struggles with the lack of dynamics in the piano trio style, i cannot recommend quintessence enough. it's an absolutely killer lineup: the goat harold land, kenny burrell, philly joe jones, ray freakin brown, and bill of course. just brilliant stuff.

haha, i was reading the most recent review on discogs and i was like "wait a second, someone ELSE is referring to harold land as the GOAT....wait a second!"

ahh, whoops. . .yeah lol. i guess i am technically the author of both of those statements.

but, to be fair: harold land is amazing.

oh don't get me wrong, i am ready to support the goat claim! and i love the idea of a solo whisper campaign to spark the fire, haha. although you can't say it's a solo campaign now...

green

yoshimura's green? my copy came in the other day :D

i will probably be getting every album in the WATER COPY series, as long as i don't fall into financial ruin

GREEN

man you just made me laugh real hard.

nice.

<3 I’ve been loving all the bill evans recommendations, which are quickly becoming my last classic albums I was knocked out by!

HI-5 KM

haha, i was reading the most recent review on discogs and i was like "wait a second, someone ELSE is referring to harold land as the GOAT....wait a second!"

― Karl Malone

so fucking weird that yes wrote a song named after "harold land" on their first album. and it doesn't really have anything to do with harold land! bill bruford just said the name randomly and they called it that. file next to "the ballad of dorothy parker"

you heard "hey harold", a bonus track on bobby hutcherson's "head on"?

"undercurrent" and "we will meet again" are also go-to evans records for me.

you heard "hey harold", a bonus track on bobby hutcherson's "head on"?

yeah that jams pretty hard, but hutcherson's 2014 revival somehow jams even harder.

Love Undercurrent. My dad is a big fan, inherited that one from him, among others.

undercurrent completely rules. jim and bill playin' some real pretty stuff. i also recommend intermodulation for more jim'n'bill duets.

. . .not to be confused with crosscurrents which, of course, is another 70s bill album with horns — which most of his 70s group studio albums were. it's got bill's best recording of 'when i fall in love' so if you want to hear him in just absolutely classic ballad mode, it's got at least one highlight for you.

hey, bill evans sure is great.

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

also best album sleeve
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My last best classic knockout would be Iggy's Berlin albums. Always knew them a bit, never sat down and listened properly, AWESOME.

Sparks - Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins

Not listening for the first time but Marti Caine's Point Of View is much better than just perhaps unexpectedly good. Surprising production touches and songwriting turns in just about every song. Love The Way You Love me is acknowledged low-slung Balearic disco classic by now. Even the jazz scatting can't derail this vibe.

Durutti Column - Another Setting. Totally overshadowed by their first 2, this is a wonderful expansion of Viny's sound.

"As Long As There's Music" by Charlie Haden and Hampton Hawes. The vibe really reminds me of the later Hopper/Gowen record "Two Rainbows Daily", though the Haden/Hamp record is all acoustic I believe.

It's not an album, but I'd never knowingly listened to any Oscar Peterson and heard "Waltzing is Hip," and it was absolutely awesome, especially the drumming and insane drum solo (by Bobby Durham, who I also didn't know) that comes in around 3:30:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8U09vzV4m8

not sure if it's considered a classic but, santana - caravanserai

The vibe really reminds me of the later Hopper/Gowen record "Two Rainbows Daily"

compare just about anything to this album and i'm ready.

tried tracking it down to find that it's not on the old internet juekbox, only piecemeal on y'tube. from the songs i was able to hear, it's pretty sparse and very nice. kate, if you haven't heard it, i'd highly recommend charlie's album closeness, which is all duets, but with different musicians on each track. includes some badass alice coltrane harp action.

this also stands as an unfortunate reminder of the overall neglect of hampton hawes' catalogue.

Cut by The Slits.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:43 AM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink

I can't believe that I've procrastinated listening to this for so long.

Elevation by Pharoah Sanders.
loving the inner lit levitating bit.
Title track sounds like variations on a riff from A Love Supreme.
Want to hear rock equivalents of this, always heard of mid 70s communal jamming and think it might sound a bit similar but based on folk riffs
Well do have the Grateful Dead and 3rd Ear Band but would love to hear a lot more like that. Well unique takes on the O Mind thing.

& before that probably Dee Dee Bridgewater Afro Blue which is pretty other in places but choposes some oddly mainstream songs to do it to.
Raindrops Keep falling On My Head? & does she lean more to JOhn Coltrane or Mongo Santamaria. I assume the former.

3 Hur-El 1st lp some great great stuff on that too.

& before taht the Iggy pop berlin lps in their 2cd versions.

Ornette Coleman's Body Meta.

milton nascimento - clube da esquina

probably exactly ten years since i first tried to get into it. things finally "clicked" this morning and i'm so grateful

& lô borges ***

amazing album

Get Loose by Evelyn “Champagne” King is the last older album I picked up that immediately felt like one of the best things I'd ever heard. Basically a perfect album.