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Other music forums => Various Artists, Lyrics, Discographies => Topic started by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on May 25, 2015, 02:30:32 PM
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Which are the best albums from the 70's recorded by artists who started their careers before the emerging of Sgt. Pepper's? I use the famous Beatles album as a reference because I understand that rock music is divided into two eras before and after that record.
My list:
1. Who's Next (The Who)
2. Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones)
3. Quadrophenia (The Who)
4. Exile On Main Street (The Rolling Stones)
5. Lola (The Kinks)
6. L.A. Woman (The Doors)
7. Imagine (John Lennon)
8. Band On The Run (Paul McCartney)
9. All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)
10. Morrison Hotel (The Doors)
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I'm not wildly sure I could stretch to 10 given your criteria (no Nick Drake!).
That said, I'll name my first two:
The Beatles - 'Let It Be'
Paul McCartney - 'McCartney'.
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I used the pre-Sgt. Pepper's criteria because the spirit of this theme is to talk about the post-60's work of artists who essentially belong to the 60's. I think Sgt. Pepper's pretty much defined a new path to follow, and it was the base for lots of new bands that made their career mostly in the 70's; that's why I'm pointing to artists who started from a previous point.
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Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Time Honoured Ghosts - Barclay Jam,es Harvest
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - Moody Blues
Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Octoberon - Barclay James Harvest
Imagine - John Lennon
L A Woman - The Doors
McCartney - Paul McCartney
5 Bridges - The Nice
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - The Moody Blues
Parachute - The Pretty Things
Quadrophenia, Who's Next - The Who
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street, Goats Head Soup, Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
Sunflower, Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
False Start - Love
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Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Time Honoured Ghosts - Barclay Jam,es Harvest
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - Moody Blues
Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Octoberon - Barclay James Harvest
Imagine - John Lennon
L A Woman - The Doors
McCartney - Paul McCartney
5 Bridges - The Nice
Hi Kevin. I think Pink Floyd is not essentially a 60's band, but their first singles were released before Sgt. Pepper's, so your choice is technically ok.
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Hi Kevin. I think Pink Floyd is not essentially a 60's band, but their first singles were released before Sgt. Pepper's, so your choice is technically ok.
haha
I know an old brown shoe that will disagree with you there..
I think they had a couple of singles in the charts and an album release before Pepper
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The Pink Floyd.
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haha
I know an old brown shoe that will disagree with you there..
I think they had a couple of singles in the charts and an album release before Pepper
Actually Piper was released a couple of months after Pepper, but (the) Pink Floyd certainly published some singles before that Beatles album, so their inclusion is not wrong beyond my opinion.
I think Pink Floyd was two different bands before and after Syd Barrett. My point is that if most of your records and reputation were made during the 70's, then you're not a 60's artist in essence. But that's just my point of view.
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The Pink Floyd.
roll:)
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;D
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I think most have been covered by others.
ATMP
Imagine
Dark Side of the Moon
The Wall -Pink Floyd
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Seventh Sojourn - the Moody Blues
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Exile on Main - The Stones
Who's Bext - the Who
Muswell Hillbillies - the Kinks
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Ah, the 60s! We had groups like The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Vanilla Fudge, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, The Moody Blues, The Electric Prunes, etc. I remember Steve Allen doing a bit on his show where he had two wheels of fortune; one with assorted adjectives and the other with nouns. He spun them to invent names for new groups.
Just flashing back. Carry on...
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Maybe Rumours Fleetwood Mac is a contender
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Maybe Rumours Fleetwood Mac is a contender
They might just miss the cut off. My Wiki says they were formed in July 1967. Pepper was June. ;D
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To have an Aussie entry, Stevie Wrights (lead singer of the Easy Beats) Hard Road could be put forward. I haven't listened to it in years but I did like it quite a bit at one point.
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They might just miss the cut off. My Wiki says they were formed in July 1967. Pepper was June. ;D
Yeah your right
I forgot John Mayall
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With the possible exception of Jimi no other act more represents the Summer of Love/1967/swinging London than The Pink Floyd.
In the UK they released 5 singles and 4 LPs pre 1970.
I'm really struggling with my 10 as the 1970s were c---, but I'm on three now.
The Beatles - Let It Be.
Paul - McCartney.
Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane.
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My favourite 70's record is Broken Record by a guy who calls himself oldbrownshoe.
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With the possible exception of Jimi no other act more represents the Summer of Love/1967/swinging London than The Pink Floyd.
In the UK they released 5 singles and 4 LPs pre 1970.
Ok, you convinced me: the Pink Floyd was a truly 60's band.
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Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
And Self-Portrait, New Morning, Planet Waves and Desire!
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And Self-Portrait, New Morning, Planet Waves and Desire!
I like New Morning, but I don't care too much about the other 70's stuff by Dylan.
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Oh, if you'd wanted me to lie to you, Oli, why didn't you say?
In fact, the criteria has completely scuppered what I probably would have listed.....debut LPs by Hawkwind, Gong, Can's 'Soundtracks', Trader Horne's debut (all from 1970), amongst others.
Anyway, completely avoiding Corporate Rock like the plague (no wonder punk happened)....
1. McCartney - Paul
2. Let It Be - The Beatles
3. A Beard of Stars - Tyrannosaurus Rex (1970)
4. Cry of Love - Jimi Hendrix
5. Rosemary Lane - Bert Jansch (1971)
6. The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett (1970)
7. Barrett - Syd Barrett (1970)
8. Performance soundtrack (got Jagger on it)
9. Obscured by Clouds - The Floyd (not as good as More but still a great film)
10. Curtis - Curtis Mayfield (1970)
And one for luck, 11. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
If you want to too, Oli, I'll work on a list of M.O.R. / jaw-droppingly obvious choices just for you!
Now, I think I'll leave the land of the bland and dig out a Gene Vincent LP.
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If you want to too, Oli, I'll work on a list of M.O.R. / jaw-droppingly obvious choices just for you!
Naah, it's good to see you posting about different stuff. I love Obscured by Clouds, side-project that turned out to be just as good as the band's main work at the time. Big fan of Syd's work too. Been meaning to get into Can as well, I've only read good things about them.
The "Oli" thing is lost on me, though...
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Ok, you convinced me: the Pink Floyd was a truly 60's band.
With posters to prove it...
(http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/photos/var/resizes/Pink-Floyd-Photos/Pink-Floyd-Posters/1967-Pink-Floyd-Posters/1967%20Arnold%20Layne%20Pink%20Floyd%20Poster.jpg?m=1391961494)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wOclB7Nbcak/SlJ-ta5uM4I/AAAAAAAABZY/EyWyI7Q6Iwc/s400/Pink-Floyd-Poster-786351.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2010/135/b/0/Pink_Floyd_Concert_Poster_by_Yeabsera.jpg)
:)
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Exactly, HG, frankly if it hasn't got a 'the' knocking around avoid it like you would a Phil Collins LP.
The first 3 45s (i.e. Syd, i.e. 1967) all 'the' and, what's this I see, they're even referred to as The Pink Floyd on the cover of my fave LP by the group, 'More'.
If it ain't got 'the' on it, you're buying a lesser product.
Don't say you haven't been warned.
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I used the pre-Sgt. Pepper's criteria because the spirit of this theme is to talk about the post-60's work of artists who essentially belong to the 60's. I think Sgt. Pepper's pretty much defined a new path to follow, and it was the base for lots of new bands that made their career mostly in the 70's; that's why I'm pointing to artists who started from a previous point.
The more I think about this Hombre the more I think you are right. Some of the bands I put on my list were essentially post Pepper bands, in other words they were bigger after Pepper and more famous in the 70's than the 60's, Pink Floyd for example only really found world fame with DSOTM, The Moody Blues were a different band before DOFP and most of my personal all time favourite bands were 'born' post Pepper, Im talking about bands like Yes, Supertramp, Caravan, Gentle Giant, Eloy, King Crimson, ELP, PFM, Genesis (Gabriel era)
It all goes to show that Pepper WAS the first Prog rock album
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With posters to prove it...
([url]http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/photos/var/resizes/Pink-Floyd-Photos/Pink-Floyd-Posters/1967-Pink-Floyd-Posters/1967%20Arnold%20Layne%20Pink%20Floyd%20Poster.jpg?m=1391961494[/url])
([url]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wOclB7Nbcak/SlJ-ta5uM4I/AAAAAAAABZY/EyWyI7Q6Iwc/s400/Pink-Floyd-Poster-786351.jpg[/url])
([url]http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2010/135/b/0/Pink_Floyd_Concert_Poster_by_Yeabsera.jpg[/url])
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Groovy, but I would have asked more color! ;)
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The more I think about this Hombre the more I think you are right. Some of the bands I put on my list were essentially post Pepper bands, in other words they were bigger after Pepper and more famous in the 70's than the 60's, Pink Floyd for example only really found world fame with DSOTM, The Moody Blues were a different band before DOFP and most of my personal all time favourite bands were 'born' post Pepper, Im talking about bands like Yes, Supertramp, Caravan, Gentle Giant, Eloy, King Crimson, ELP, PFM, Genesis (Gabriel era)
It all goes to show that Pepper WAS the first Prog rock album
Yes, I think you're right about your last sentence.
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Groovy, but I would have asked more color! ;)
(http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/81/MPW-40652)
(http://images.wolfgangsvault.com/pink-floyd/poster/memorabilia/BG090-PO.jpg)
(http://www.amoeba.com/sized-images/max/346/600/uploads/merch/PinkFloyd-TheWho-poster.JPG)
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inaccurate posters Baz, theres no 'The'
;D
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([url]http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/81/MPW-40652[/url])
([url]http://images.wolfgangsvault.com/pink-floyd/poster/memorabilia/BG090-PO.jpg[/url])
([url]http://www.amoeba.com/sized-images/max/346/600/uploads/merch/PinkFloyd-TheWho-poster.JPG[/url])
Far out! :)
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Far out! :)
Especially that first one! I remember seeing that (and all these posters) in another thread and really liking it. This happened once before. :)
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Far out! :)
http://youtu.be/TW733Ut5zE0 (http://youtu.be/TW733Ut5zE0)
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inaccurate posters Baz, theres no 'The'
;D
Depends on the degree of neurotransmitter system alteration. ;)
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Depends on the degree of neurotransmitter system alteration. ;)
is that a fancy way of saying geekdom ? ;D
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is that a fancy way of saying geekdom ? ;D
No, the amount of (6aR,9R)-N,N-diethyl-7-methyl-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroindolo-[4,3-fg]quinoline-9-carboxamide (LSD-25) ingested to cause such neurotransmitter system alteration and animated visual effects.