Old Albums You'd Recommend to Younger Posters

[cesare]

Gino Vanelli: Brother To Brother
Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic, The Royal Scam & Aja

Barbara Thompson: Jubiaba, Paraphernalia

 

[oryx]

10CC: Live And Let Live & How Dare You

I'd also add 'The Original Soundtrack'

and Mike Oldfield's 'Ommadawn'

and

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Tomorrow Belongs to Me

and

Love - Forever Changes (or is that too obvious?)

and Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together

 

[William of Walworth]

Fairport -- early stuff.

Unhalfbricking springs to mind ...

 

[William of Walworth]

Van The Man -- I know this one's a tad obvious but ...

No-one's mentioned Astral Weeks. (have they?)

Tell em to have a spliff to hand though

 

[cesare]

I'd also add 'The Original Soundtrack'

and Mike Oldfield's 'Ommadawn'

and

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Tomorrow Belongs to Me

and

Love - Forever Changes (or is that too obvious?)

and Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together

Bryan Ferry, yes indeedy. I never really got into anything else of Mike Oldfield's apart from Tubular Bells, dunno why. Oh! Plus at school they used to make us listen to Rick Wakeman

 

[Griff]

No-one's mentioned Astral Weeks. (have they?)

Tell em to have a spliff to hand though

Thinking about going along this year to see him, as we can walk from where he's playing this year.

Audley End

 

[cesare]

Fairport -- early stuff.

Unhalfbricking springs to mind ...

Oh yes! Dave Swarbrick, Martin Carthy ...

 

[oryx]

Oh! Plus at school they used to make us listen to Rick Wakeman

Who, the teachers? (can't post smilies at the mo, otherwise it'd be eek/laugh/confused!)

 

[cesare]

IAN DURY - NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES !!!

How could I forget that *head in hands*

 

[Superdupastupor]

White Noise- An Electric Storm.

unreal

 

[cesare]

Who, the teachers? (can't post smilies at the mo, otherwise it'd be eek/laugh/confused!)

Yeah one particular teacher. The 6 wives of Henry VIII & Journey to the Centre Of The Earth. Grrr. I preferred Yes tbh, still got Close To The Edge somewhere here. I spent an embarrassing couple of years scribbling on school exercise books a la Roger Dean into the bargain

 

[Griff]

Stiff Little Fingers - Inflamable Material

Japan - Obscure Alternatives


Totally different from the same era, both brilliant.

 

[scruff]

Kraftwerk - 1 / 2 / Ralf & Florian / Autobahn
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Herbie Hancock - Sextant
Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda
Don Cherry - Brown Rice
Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto - Love , Love
Keith Hudson - Pick A Dub
Bayeté Umbra Zindiko - Seeking Other Beauty / Worlds Around The Sun
Bruno Spoerri - Glückskugel
Buster Williams - Pinnacle
David Axelrod - Seriously Deep / Strange Ladies
Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family - My Ancestors
Carlos Garnett - Black Love
Weldon Irvine - Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine)
Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good
Sun Ra And His Arkestra - On Jupiter (Seductive Fantasy)
Speed, Glue & Shinki - Eve
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
Holger Czukay - Movies
Harumi - S/T
Harold McKinney - Voices And Rhythms Of The Creative Profile
Ginger Baker - Stratavarious
George Freeman - Franticdiagnosis
Gal Costa - Gal
Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 - Open & Close
Doug Hammond & David Durrah - Reflections In The Sea Of Nurnen
Cluster - Zuckerzeit

 

[Sir Belchalot]

Funkadelic-Maggot Brain
Pretty Things-S.F. Sorrow
Magazine-Real Life
The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Spirit - Clear
Hot Tuna - Burgers
Blodwyn Pig - A Head Rings Out
The Move - Fire Brigade
Badfinger - Straight Up
Chilliwack - Chilliwack
Savoy Brown - Looking In
Dave Mason - Alone Together
Alvin Lee and Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

This thread is showing me that my knowledge of older music is quite unexpansive

 

[no-no]

Sand - Golem
Cluster - Sowiesoso
Meic Stevens - Outlander

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Wold Domination Enterprises - Let's play domination
Sexton Ming and his Diamond Gussets - Endless Discipline
Pussy Galore - Right Now
The The - Soul Mining

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Richard Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
Genesis - A Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Youngbloods - Rock Festival
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Nazareth - Loud and Proud
Eagles - Desperado
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - same title.

 

[jbob]

Kraftwerk: Autobahn, Radioactivity, Trans-Europe Express

 

[Detroit City]

Joe's Garage Parts I & II - Frank Zappa

 

[Firky]

Sunhouse - Crazy on the Weekend.

Not very old but vastly under-heard.

 

[danny la rouge]

The Monks – Black Monk Time

Everyone should know this. (Although getting the haircuts is above and beyond).

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

'Top Of The Pops' volumes 1 - 8.

 

[soulman]

The Temptations - Cloud Nine

 

[rikwakefield]

Anything by Kraftwerk

Edit:

Kraftwerk: Autobahn, Radioactivity, Trans-Europe Express

didn't see your post before I posted mine

 

[Griff]

Do it Dog Style - Slaughter & the Dogs.

Dug this out yesterday. Wonderful stuff.

 

[nino_savatte]

Entertainment - Gang of Four
Playing With A Different Sex - The Au Pairs
The Velvet Underground (self titled and without Nico)
Stranded - Roxy Music
Country Life - Roxy Music
The Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan
Olé - John Coltrane
Red Mecca - Cabaret Voltaire
Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron
Sulk - The Associates
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
We're Only In It For The Money - Mothers of Invention
Freak Out! - Mothers of Invention
Apostrophe - Frank Zappa
One Size Fits All - Mothers of Invention
For Your Love - The Yardbirds
Having a Rave Up - The Yardbirds

 

[Dr. Furface]

Holger Czukay - Movies

Although that's a splendid recommendation, I'm afraid it wasn't released until '79. But what the fuck, it's marvellous!

 

[Hocus Eye.]

The Doors L. A. Woman