rdnzl
I'll Be On My Way
Pastor Of Muppets
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Post by rdnzl on Jan 16, 2013 13:19:25 GMT
What bands or recording artists do you absolutely need to have every available recording from?
I have "Seals & Crofts' Greatest Hits". Pretty good CD; I like most of the songs...BUT I don't feel the need to have all of their music.
Same thing with Eric Clapton. I have the "Crossroads 2" box set, and "Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert". Just not into EC enough to need more.
But a few bands & recording artists have made me addicted...
Here's my list:
The Beatles (of course) Jefferson Airplane Bob Dylan Mahavishnu Orchestra The Who Grateful Dead Pink Floyd Jethro Tull Yes Frank Zappa
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Post by Amadeus on Jan 17, 2013 0:43:49 GMT
The Beatles Pink Floyd Yes Rush U2 The Cure Rheostatics Genesis Led Zeppelin
Now, those names you have in your list; I don't think I could count The Who even though I have MOST of their stuff. I just don't dig the two Kenny Jones albums. Jethro Tull; I desperately love Thick As A Brick, A Passion Play and Benefit, with Aqualung following up the rear.
And the few Dylan albums I have, I REALLY like. I just don't feel I need Nashville Skyline or Slow Train Coming. I DO have Self Portrait however. And not because it's great.
All the groups in my list, I have all the albums and in a lot of cases, singles, box sets and bootlegs.
And Zappa comes close although I think it's impossible to have everything now that Gail is putting EVERYTHING out. But I have nearly everything between Freak Out and Civilization Phaze III
And how about the Grateful Dead? One of the coolest band names ever but, I'm so sorry, I tried REALLY, REALLY hard to ''get'' them but I just can't. I never even heard In The Dark either and I was told it was a pretty good album for 1987.
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rdnzl
I'll Be On My Way
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Post by rdnzl on Jan 19, 2013 15:45:36 GMT
ELTON JOHN
I must add Elton John to this list...at least for his output from 1969-1976. Although I find little that I like about his newest music, I particularly love his run of albums from "Empty Sky" to "Here And There". If John Lennon & Paul McCartney were the greatest songwriting team of the 1960's; Elton John & Bernie Taupin were the best songwriting team of the 1970's. These two came up with some terrific songs. Before EJ was all about his sexuality he was all about his music. Little known fact...Elton auditioned to be in King Crimson prior to the recording of "In The Court Of The Crimson King". Had EJ gone in the direction of being a prog rocker keyboardist, I'm sure he could have done well.
A friend of mine made an observation, while we watched the DVD of Elton's 60th birthday bash at Madison Square Garden. Elton has developed a lisp. "And you can tell everybody, thith ith your thsong...". The "Elton 60" dvd is one of my favorites. What a setlist.
Although I have very little interest in Elton's career after 1976, everything he did up to that point is solid. Empty Sky, Elton John, 11-17-70 (17-11-70 for the UK folks), Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across The Water, Honky Chateau, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Caribou, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, Rock Of The Westies & Here And There...ALL wonderful albums with great songs.
Forget his hit singles...Some of EJ's greatest recordings are the odd tracks you rarely hear on the radio:
Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding Burn Down The Mission First Episode At Hienton Skyline Pigeon The Greatest Discovery Holiday Inn Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters I Need You To Turn To I've Seen That Movie Too Come Down In Time Amoreena High Flying Bird Rotten Peaches The Ballad Of Danny Bailey Ticking We All Fall In Love Sometimes / Curtains Sixty Years On Feed Me Michelle's Song Can I Put You On? Harmony
If Elton did a tour of Non-Hits, that would make a great setlist.
The only EJ CD I have that isn't from the 1969-1976 time period is "Live In Australia". Even though Elton's voice was shot (He soon after had an operation on his vocal cords), he soldiered on and put on a great show with his band and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It was great to hear the orchestra playing all of the orchestral bits of his songs live on stage...
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