What album really blew your mind and still stands out....

[VinylHanger]

I was rumaging through my cd's today and playing a bit of this and a bit of that. I picked up Pink Floyd/The Final Cut. I remember listening to this on cassette on a walkman in the tenth grade. The lights were off in the room and I closed my eyes. I just couldn't believe what I heard. Sounds and voices from all directions, the music seemed so alive. It still is my favorite musical memory, I haven't thought of music the same since.
I do have a great memory of The Cure's Why Can't I Be You and a cute little German gal, but for different reasons :D

[ckelly]

My best music listening experiences are:

The first time I heard Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon on CD. I was in 10'th grade and it absolutely blew my mind.... also it was one of the first times I smoked weed.

The first time I heard a Brazilian recording: Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben "Gil & Jorge". This is a jam session where these two guys recorded what came out in that moment - it's probably one of the loosest, most spontaneous records around. It doesn't sound perfect, but that is EXACTLY the great thing about it, you can FEEL how spontaneous it is.

Other moents:
Portishead "Dummy"... also under the "effects" in a dark room...sounds coming from everywhere, the spooky melancholic atmoshpere it creates....

Chris

[THOR]

Probably Nirvana Smells like teen spirit, because when it came out it was so different from all the music we listened to thru the 80's.

[bigmacc]

Are You Experience - Jimi Hendrix ; Whos Next - The Who; Led Zepplin Two; Machine Head - Deep Purple; Late 60's early 70's so much great music spoiled me for life heck l haven't even mentioned the Beatles or Stones.

[ProAc_Fan]

I really enjoyed Moving Pictures from Rush and Never Surrender from Triumph. I like Tracy Chapmans self titled debut album and Gordon from the BareNaked Ladies.


Mike

[Lefty]

Paul Simon............. Graceland

[grumpy]

Mike

Never surrender????? it was good at best. Now Allied Forces Rocks you ass off. Thats still one of my all time fav albums !

[Don]

Queen ...news of the world. Loved it as a teen ..love it now.
Uh, Don. I hope you are just excited that you learned to count to one? VH ;)

[angela]

I'm with Chris! Dark Side of the Moon. Scary in the dark with a few extra ingredients.


Angela

[Wardsweb]

Pick a catagory;

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon and Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle

Pat Metheny - Offramp and Larry Carlton - Last Night

Andrea Bocelli, Diana Krall, Frank Sinatra
to many to many to many I can't pick just one.

But if there was only one album I would be under house arrest with - Don't Laugh - Tears for Fears - Tears Roll Down (greatest hits 82-92) not just one or two great songs, I can listen to the whole thing over and over. OK, I have many different levels, some rock, some don't, some good and some bad. :rolleyes:

[grumpy]

Ward !!!

Tears for Fears ??? :eek: Different strokes and all that :)

[THOR]

I'm with ya Ward I like Tears for Fears, and Flock of Seagulls, Petshop boys, Frankie goes to hollywood, I love all that 80's stuff!

Sing with me!

Shout
Shout
Let it all out
These are things I can do without
Come On
I'm talking to you
Come on
In violent times
You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one track minds
That took you for a working boy
Kiss them goodbye
You shouldn't have to jump for joy
Shout
They gave you life
And in return you gave them them hell
As cold as ice
I hope we live to tell the tale
Shout
And when you've taken down your guard
If I could change your mind
I'd really love to break your heart
Shout

[grumpy]

For Gods sake I am SHOUTING !!!! ...Please stop :gigglemad

[grumpy]

You want lyrics. Try this 80 one on for size



Add It Up

Day after day
I will walk and I will play
but the day after today
I will stop
and I will start my way
why can't I get just one kiss
why can't I get just one kiss
believe me there'd be somethings that I wouldn't miss
but I look at your pants and I need I need a kiss
why can't I get just one screw
why can't I get just one screw
believe me I know what to do
but something won't let me make love to you
why can't I get just one fuck
why can't I get just one fuck
I guess it's something to do with luck
but I waited my whole life for just one
day afterday
I get angry
and I will say
that the day
is in my sight
when i'll take a bow
and say goodnight

[Drybasement]

Originally posted by Don
Queen ...news of the world. Loved it as a teen ..love it now.

Oh yeah Don, love that album. Still have the original LP I bought way back when.

Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs. When I first heard this in it's entirety I was completely awstruck. Damn this rocked. What an amazing album I thought. Still amazing to me.

And Grumpy, Victums of the Fury is killer also. I have the LP. You like In City Dreams? I got that LP also. Not bad but not great.

[MikE]

Need I mention any Beatle album? As a collective their stuff transends time, least among pop music. Of course, Miles and Coltrane made timeless music. But if I had to pick one album it would be K.O.B. - beautiful, effortless and faultless. I love P.O.B. by John Lennon, another gem of a piece that was before it's time - Picasso-ese.

MikE

[ProAc_Fan]

I betcha Thor is a huge Boy George fan!! UGH!!!!:puke2:


Mike

[car67]

Ward, Thor, I'm with ya! :D Although Mad World would be my favourite there. Still have the 12in and the album. Special mention to New Order for all their amazing songs.

Back on the thread topic, too many to choose from and at this stage it'd be toss-up between The Wall and Hotel California.

Jack

[VinylHanger]

I'm with ya Thor on Nirvana. I remember when that came out. What a total change in the direction music moved. It hasn't been the same since. At least in Pop/Rock. Lately though, I am not sure if the direction is all that wonderful. Some of it is great, but for the most part it is all so similar and samples the great music of the 60's/70's. Maybe I am wrong and it is only the fact that I am geting older. :(

[steamshooter]

Long about 1973 or '74 I hopped on my metal-flake green Schwinn ten-speed bike with my weekly allowance and pedaled to the record store. The name of the shop was Music Eye, and most of the employees also worked at the local AM station as DJs. (FM was still muzack type stuff) I remember asking for a recomendation and he handed me this black record with some kind of pyramid looking thing on it, with colored light going thru it. He told it was new, totally different, this was the one I should get. The album was Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd? Who's he? We can't see the dark side of the moon, can we? We landed on it a few years ago, there's nothing there. He assured me I should get it, if I didn't like it, I could bring it back.
Now, this was a small little store, with records and 8-tracks up front, and when you went thru a doorway covered in hanging beads, they had glass display racks full of all these colorfull plastic, round "pipes". You put water in those!? That's not the kind of pipe my dad used to smoke. A hooka, what's that?
So this 13 or 14 year old was really confused by then and bought the record. I strapped it on the luggage rack on the back of my bike and headed home. When I played it, I thought, what did I do? I mowed all the grass for this!? I really like the sax though, and the cash register noises, so I'll keep it. Dad calls it "Jungle Music", so it can't be all that bad.
Several years later, when I figured out what to do with all that stuff I saw in the back room, I suddenly had a new appreciation for this Pink Floyd dude. I was really embarrased to find out PF was a group, not a person. I loaned it out, never to be seen again, until MOFI released it. 25 bucks for a record!?
Even though those items I saw in the back room are long gone out of my life, Pink Floyd and "his band" remain.
Brad

[angela]

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

[THOR]

I like alot of Culture Clubs songs ;) I also like George Micheal, Elton John, just cuz someones gay don't mean they aren't good musicians, also listening to them don't make me gay either :D

I know what you mean Steam I always hated the Greatful Dead and still do (tho I don't mind a little Franklins Tower once in a while) well one night this hippy guy gave me some 'shrooms and once we started tripping he put on the 'Dead. Man I'll tell ya it sounded some kind of good then! :p:

[Drybasement]

Originally posted by angela
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

A classic for sure.

Did you know that Ian Anderson wrote that piece as a slam towards the progressive/art rock movement of the day? He was poking fun at bands like Yes, ELP and Deep Purple.

The whole album was meant as a joke.

Great album!

Now, A Passion Play, that's an acquired taste.

[Matt Lafayette]

Radioheads' awesome 1995 album "The Bends" It's "Dark side of the Moon" for the next generation! Give it an open minded try!
Matt

[SixCats!]

Hi guys...
Man...this is a tough one...One album that used to trip me out when I was young was the Walter Carlos soundtrack
to the movie "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE" Just mind blowing!

SixCats!

[Lefty]

So many to choice from. One early purchase was Dylan's Highway 61 revisited. Strong blues sound and hey rock music can use real lyrics? Blew me away and I still enjoy bring that out once in a while. Dylan still is releasing some nice LPs.

Lefty

[VinylHanger]

I hate to mention this. My first record purchase was a K-Tel record. Full Tilt, I think I have a copy somewhere, uhg, I was very sheltered as a child :nerd:
However, it didn't take long for me to move in a much better direction. My next album was Queen/The Game, much better
:cool:
Of course, I soon backslid and bought K-Tel/Dimensions,uhg, some people never learn :nerd:

[bully]

I have pondered this question off and on for a few days.
Many interesting comments.
The Beatles, of course, with their take on American blues & rock, was really something.
Bob Dylan's move into electric was epochal.
Jimi Hendrix redefined the electric guitar.
Then, in 1969, I got albums by two groups that just opened my eyes: Led Zep, of course, and the Yes. Each group had a virtuoso guitar, and the ensemble supporting each was also exceptional. Changed me in ways I would never have suspected.

pete

[del1225]

Tori Amos's Little Earthquakes does it for me :)

[Walt]

The Who - Tommy

Cat Stevens - Teaser & the Firecat

The Jam - All Mod Cons

[steamshooter]

Cat Stevens-Teaser and the Firecat, now that's a GREAT album! Don't you love the dynamics on that one? I cannot play it unless it is LOUD. For such a mellow album, it rocks :cool:
I was never a big Who fan. (sorry, it must've been my upringing), but I do have The London Symphony Orchestra's version of it. Remember that one? Black cover with the big pinball on it? It does have the Who on it, along with a whole bunch of other big names. I've always liked my strings & horns with my rock. Rick Wakeman, Moody Blues, Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, on very rare occasions I'll do Walter Murphy :eek:

[Walt]

Yeah I love Cat Stevens ... I remember it was one of the few "rock" albums my old man would let me listen to. Teaser & the Firecat is truly a landmark - there isn't one dud track on that album.

As for The Who, well they just epitomise all that was good about late-60's early 70's rock 'n' roll ... energetic, fierce, stark ... but it needs to be played loud.

Got some CCR going now ... I put a spell on you!!

[WildWest]

I am with Walt...The Who Tommy and even Quadraphinia is right there at the top for me. Hmmm that and certainly Dark Side of the Moon. I remember Meet the Beatles very fondly though. Getting that at Christmas right when it was hot was totally awesome! Remember Beatlemania? Tooo much eh? :guitar:

[thoots]

Folks,

I think the album that really fits this "category" with me would be the Alan Parsons Project first album, "Tales of Mystery and Imagination." That would be freshman year, college, and loud enough to bother the neighbors. With all the lights off except the lava lamp, of course... :p:

[steamshooter]

Thoots, I just played Tales of.... Edgar Allan Poe night before last. It was indeed a treat.:D That album came out right about the time we finished up reading his works in school. IIRC he was an opium freak.Where else would you get all those wierd ideas for stories about dead people under the floorboards and sealing up drunks inside of brick walls? :eek: I never owned a lava lamp:dammit:

[moondog]

Just a few of the mOOn's favorites...

Jimi Hendrix - "Are You Experienced"
Beatles - "Revolver"
King Crimson - "In the Court of the Crimson King"
Jefferson Airplane - "Crown of Creation"
Jethro Tull - "Benefit"
Pink Foyd - "Ummagumma"
Mahogany Rush - "Child of the Novelty"
Ian Moore - "And all the Colors"
Robin Trower - "Twice Removed from Yesterday"
Hawkwind - "In Search of Space"
Monster Magnet - "Dopes to Infinity"
Moody Blues - "In Search of the Lost Chord & On the Treshold of a Dream"
Frank Zappa - "We're only in it for the Money"

[Shain]

How about Eagles and Doobie Brothers?

I like all they're 70's stuff.

Ever hear of Ozark Mountain Daredevils? They're like the Eagles.

Or Froggy Beaver? A group from my area.

Dark Side of the Moon is a PF standout. I have the LP, with the inserts still in the case.

Also, some of the old Santana has good instrurmentals.

Tull's Brick album, and others in that same time frame.

Dylan ? Never could get past the fact that he can't sing.

[moondog]

Thanks for reminding me Shain! I forgot...

Bob Dylan - "Blood on the Tracks"

A Masterpiece Shain... :butt2:

[thoots]

Shain,

A big Daredevils fan here. Larry Lee nailed what I like in music, to a very great degree. You probably haven't heard of my tale of bidding more than $200 for the never-released in the US and now out of print CD version of It'll Shine When it Shines. :p:

The best part of that experience was losing the auction (believe it or not!!), but that attracted the attention of folks who had CDR copies of that and pretty much everything else that never got released on CD, which I have now. Get in touch with me offline (thoots@attbi.com) if that bit of info intrigues you... :p:

Still very much part of my favorite music of all time, trust me on that!! :p:

[moondog]

Hey Thoots - That's very cool. I'm a big OMD fan too. In fact... Their first CD is over at the neighbor's house where it's getting plenty of rotation poolside this summer. That's the only one I have on disc though. Still have "Car Over the Lake", "It'll Shine When it Shines" & "We Got a Live One Here" on vinyl stashed away somewhere. May have to dig them out!

Space Ship Orion's one of my favorites.
mOOn

[moondog]

Correction: The Live OMD I have is "It's Alive!"
Not "We Got a Live One Here."

[thoots]

Moon,

I've got most of 'em on vinyl, too. I've got a pretty decent collection of import CD's of the rest of them, which is nice. :p:

Spaceship Orion is one of those Larry Lee songs I like so much! :p:

[moondog]

YUP... Some beautiful songs from that boy for sure! ;)

[bigmacc]

moondog are you sure we are not related your choice in music excellent.

"Are You Experience" first LP purchased.
"Court of the Crimson King" my all-time stoner LP." 21 Century ...Man" what a cut.

Those Moody Blues LPs in college memories of a special girl listened to them while l was searching for more than a lost chord. :D

Now l'm open to new stuff but l cannot relate to rap' boy or girl groups after cutting my teeth on the late 60's and 70's.
The same day l bought the "Experience" LP picked up " In A Gadda Da Vita" Iron Butterfly and the Cream "Disrea Gears" what a start.

[steamshooter]

I remember a story about In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. It was supposed to be named something else, but the guy was so stoned it came out Innagaddadavida.:lmao: Does anyone know this story? I can't remember the details.

[steamshooter]

I remember a story about In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. It was supposed to be named something else, but the guy was so stoned it came out Innagaddadavida.:lmao: Does anyone know this story? I can't remember the details.

[Matt Lafayette]

It was supposed to come out "In the Garden of Eden."
So now you know;)
Matt

[steamshooter]

Thanks, I knew it had something to do with a garden. :cool: Neat little piece of trivia. Brad

[Thatch_Ear]

Band most listened to..Steely Dan
Band with best jam...Alman Bros
First album bought..The Doors
Best full album after bong...Dark Side of the Moon
Best tune...long version of Low Spark of High Heel Boys
Best album for intence music that I treat like a symphony as far as a whole coherent piece is Romantic Warrior by Return To Forever
Best to relax to ....the Symphonic Poems of Smetena
Most Powerfull Tune.....Mars by Holst.....Want some bass Thor?This about the God of WAR!!!
Most fun...Apostraphe,Frank Zappa
Today I have listened to Billie Holiday,Yes,Micheal Franks, Gerry Mulligan's Pararisio(Bosa Nova!) Arron Copeland and Eva Cassidy.
I like to put the player on disc replay and sleep to David Benoit's Waiting for Spring.
Movie that most influenced me musically....A Clockwork Orange, Singing in the Rain is just a bit different to me than my wife! It also turned me on to Bethovan and Rossini.
I love a wind band live playing Sousa marches.
I love Bach on the giant pipe organ at the symphony hall here in Dallas.
I saw a guy named Aierto that played instruments from the Brazilian rain forest.
Song that bothered me the most in high school was Ray Price doing Take The Ribbon From Your Hair that my Dad liked so much.
Music is life!
Its me or the fishin! Honey I'm going to miss you! C&W when on the highway in West Texas....it just fits. People wave when you go past each other. Howdy!

Thatch

[Pat S.]

Album that had the most profound influence on me:

The Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks...:dammit:

The opening track "Holidays in the Sun" made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck when I heard those opening power chords for the first time!

I've heard this record a million times now and it still never fails to give me goosebumps.

A bit of trivia:
Sid Vicious didn't play bass on that record, the guitarist, Steve Jones laid down all of the bass lines.

[Walt]

Sid Vicious didn't join the Pistols until 1978? Certainly he wasn't one of the originals ...

[Pat S.]

Actually, Sid was in the Pistols even before Nevermind the Bollocks... was recorded. He replaced the original bass player Glenn Matlock. Steve Jones has said that he was pretty much forced to play bass on the LP because Sid never showed up to the recording dates.

Unlike Sid, Matlock was actually a talented musician. He wrote or co-wrote most of the material on that LP. Rumor has it that he was kicked out of the Sex Pistols for admitting he liked The Beatles. However, this seems more like one of those rock 'n roll myths than the actual truth. Glenn Matlock went on to form The Rich Kids. The Pistols broke up in early '78. Matlock joined the surviving members of the Pistols in the mid-'90's for a totally stupid and pointless reunion tour.

Regards,
Pat

[Walt]

Matlock joined the surviving members of the Pistols in the mid-'90's for a totally stupid and pointless reunion tour.

So who survived - obviously Sid succumbed to the drugs, but who else snuffed it?

[Pat S.]

Walt,

Sorry for the confusion. When I said the surviving members, I was refering to everyone except Sid.

Regards,
Pat

[VinylHanger]

Bump. thought it would be fun to head back to this one. :)

[blue_lateral]

thoots said...
Folks,

I think the album that really fits this "category" with me would be the Alan Parsons Project first album, "Tales of Mystery and Imagination." That would be freshman year, college, and loud enough to bother the neighbors. With all the lights off except the lava lamp, of course...

I second that. I bought that record at about age 12. It's really something with headphones. I was on a progressive rock binge for a couple of years after that.

P.S I've heard the CD and it seems toothless compared to the original (it's a different mix).

the clock struck midnight
and through my sleeping
a heard a tapping at my door
i looked but nothing
lay in the darkness
and so i turned inside once more

jc

[axel]

The most single influential would be Jefferson Airplane's "Crown of Creation", 1968. My mother bought it when it came out (2 months after I was born) and it probably changed everything that still was ahead of me :screwy:

Later on, rock-wise...
Sgt Pepper (you know that one),
Derek and the Dominoes "Layla",
PF's Dark Side of the moon (bis repetita),
The soundtrack of MGM's original "That's Entertainement" (1974),
Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After all These Years" (1975),
Nina Hagen's and the B52's first LPs (1979),
PF's The Wall (tertio repetita),
Simon & Garfunkel's reunion concert (1981 - got 5 different mixes of that one!)
Cowboy Junkies "Black Eyed Man" (1992).

Classical-wise...
the soundtrack of Kubrick's "2001",
Mahler's 2nd symphony (Eliahu Inbal directing),
Dvorak's 9th (Rafael Kubelik directing),
Von Weber's Der Freischütz (Carlos Kleiber only),
Von Weber's Die Fledermaus (Carlos Kleiber only),
Hadyn's Dido & Aeneas (Hogwood directing),
and that lil' fellow from Austria - Mozart :)

Jazz-wise...
Duke Ellington's The Queen's suite
Duke Ellington's The Uwis' suite
Duke Ellington's New Orleans suite
and just about any other Duke Ellington cut between 1924 and 1972 :)

[DanTana]

Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

[OvenMaster]

Blondie - Parallel Lines. In the 70's this was a cold blast of fresh air that I still listen to today.

Tom

[Tjetracer]

The Stones, Get Yer YA YA'S Out.

The best live rock album I've ever heard. It captured the Stones perfectly!

[oldschool]

Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run"

Raw emotion!

[Wardsweb]

Wow, was reading back throught this thead and realized how many members have just disappeared. :sigh:

[DingusBoy]

Hey Wards,

It was the rapture! Those of us left are in this rap infested world as punishment for our sins.

[styler]

Alan Parsons ~ I Robot

long ago in a different life...
Aaron Copeland ~ Fanfare for the Common Man

[JoZmo]

One that comes immediatly to mind is Cream - Disrali Gears... blew me away!

[mhardy6647]

OK, I'll list an old one and a new(er) one:

The Who "Who's Next". I would still consider this the single best R&R record to date. Period.

Emmylou Harris "Red Dirt Girl". I got it out of the library (!) because I always liked Emmylou's voice. Just blown away by this. I know "Wrecking Ball" is considered its better, but I think this is just incredible, powerful stuff.

[Unican_Eric]

For me it would have to be Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues. I listened to this album for many years and still do to this day at least once a month. At one time I had it in album,cassette and 8-track but now only have the album and cd. The song I love the most on the album? The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon Tuesday.

[WhiteSE]

Guys, dont forget it has to blow your mind...not just like...

to me, major mind blowage came from these two masterpieces:

http://users.utu.fi/petolo/crimson/red.jpg

http://yesmuseum.org/collectorslides/Posterslides/Posterslides-Images/132.jpg

[foetusized]

I'm with Grumpy on the first Violent Femme's album, which was a life-changing experience the first time I heard it. A close second would be Julian Cope's Fried album, with "Reynard the Fox" -- I literally fell out of bed the first time I heard it, and it remains a favorite -- Foe

[DanTana]

Many will disagree with this one probably, but the B-52's first album and "Rock Lobster" in particular was a very new and different sound.

[axel]

DanTana,
I agree, I agree!!!!!
I used to have a cassette with the 52's 1st LP on one side and the Specials on the other - probably is what wore my 1st walkman's heads to death :)

Wardsweb,
What do you mean by "disappeared"?

[TrexT]

B-52's Rock Lobster. I was just discovering Kraftwerk work then all of a sudden I heard Rock Lobster on my local college station and I remember saying to myself, I like it. Those beaty keyboard rifts on that album reminded me alot of Kraftwerk then again totally different. Got their album soon after. Still have it.

[Sandy G]

i'm with SixCats ! a few pages back-"A Clockwork Orange" simply blew me away when I was a green freshman at college. I'd always been keen on classical music, & the album & movie had some VERY GOOD music in it. Another one that "did it/does it" for me is Rick Wakeman's "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"-Sandy G.

[fropiler]

Well, at this point in life I could care less if I ever heard it again, but, Boston. The first album.

The first time I heard it was also the first time I had heard McIntosh gear. It was 1977 and I was 14. It was my friends dad's rig. Mac speakers too.

First time I experienced the chills because something sounded so good.

Then there was Hotel California, Rumors, and Book of Dreams.

If i were to pick an album that still does it for me to this day in terms of sound quality it would be Al Stewart MFSL "Year of the cat".

[madpioneer]

KISS Alive! literally blew me away at age 12. I had been listening to a hand held am radio my grandfather had given me, until one day a good friend stopped by. He had a cheap Kmart cassette with Alive! & Destroyer recorded on it. Then he gave me three albums Alive! Destroyer & Rock Roll Over. Life has never been the same. Every morning Alive! is played on my reel 2 reel with a timer as an alarm clock. It has stood the test of time for me. :thmbsp:

[WhiteSE]

KISS Alive! literally blew me away at age 12. I had been listening to a hand held am radio my grandfather had given me, until one day a good friend stopped by. He had a cheap Kmart cassette with Alive! & Destroyer recorded on it. Then he gave me three albums Alive! Destroyer & Rock Roll Over. Life has never been the same. Every morning Alive! is played on my reel 2 reel with a timer as an alarm clock. It has stood the test of time for me. :thmbsp:
Ewwww!!!! :D

[salred]

My own favorites (guess my age):

Frank Zappa: Hot Rats
The Who: Live at Leeds
Walter/Wendy Carlos: Clockwork Orange soundtrack

Oh, to be back in the dorm again...

[Wornears]

Led Zep II
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Are You Experienced?
Grievous Angel
Layla & Assorted Love Songs
Allman Brothers Live @ Fillmore

[OkieSmith]

whiteSE's got it right - YES Relayer!!! The second 'mind blower' for me was Black Sabbath Master of Reality.

[thepogue]

born and raised on rock...then into the new-wave punk era....never really a big classic hits kinda guy (not until the last year or so) but the first time I spun a Si Zenter LP....it was BLAM!!!...the recording was awesome...the my set-up never..and I mean NEVER sounded so alive when I play big band...I also own a few MFSL lp's (including the dark side of the moon) and NONE compare to this Si LP I've got...it's Bossa Nova...and it's my fav LP todate..now its not at all my favorate type of music (I like prog much better) but it's my most life like LP...I think that's why it's on the top of my "blew me away" list...here's some clips of Si

enjoy!! Pogue



http://www.mp3.com/albums/255904/summary.html

[jkmcc]

Sometime in 1967 mom walked through the door with an lp and handed it to me and my sister saying, "the man at the record store said this was good." Hello to Sgt Pepper and the Beatles, goodbye to the Monkees.

During my sophmore year in college, fall of '78 my friend across the hall handed my Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets. Robert Fripp's solo on Baby's on Fire is one of the masterpieces of the rock guitar.

About ten years ago, bored with hearing pop music ideas being recycled for the fourth or fifth time, I turned to classical music. Beethoven's 7th Symphony led me to a another new world. He was rock and roll. I'm sure that Ludwig and Jimi would have gotten along famously.

[outlawmws]

The album that really got me going into music was Moody Blues - Every good Boy Deserves Favor. :thmbsp: It's still one of my favorites amongst many.

I sat listening to it with my 14 year old daughter a few weeks ago and explained what the first cut meant to me, (a musical history of the world, almost an instrumental.) It impressed her, and she has started really listening to what the music says, instead of what the songs word's say. :)

[nevermind]

David Bowie - The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars.
And...i coudn't forguet - Nevermind the Bollocks here's The Sex Pistols.

[Mark B]

The Moody Blues ~ On The Threshold Of A Dream
*

[Johncan]

The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Monkees - Headquarters
The Band - The Last Waltz
The Replacements - Let It Be
R.E.M. - Reckoning
Lloyd Cole and the Commotion - Rattlesnakes
The The - Soul Mining
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

[OneMalt]

Stuff that influenced my musical tastes forever:

Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Janis Joplin - Cheap Thrills
It's A Beautiful Day - It's A Beautiful Day
The Who - Tommy
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
Moody Blues - A Question of Balance

Somewhat later in life:

Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill & Countdown To Ecstasy
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood

[Andyman]

There was just so much good stuff back in the late 60s/early 70s. Here's a couple that I still have an play regularily.

Hendrix, "Axis, Bold as Love"
Who, "Live at Leeds"
Savoy Brown, "Raw Sienna"
Allman Brothers "Fillmore East"
Jeff Beck, "Truth"

I'm sure there lots more; it was really a most excellent time for tunes :yes:

[Jovinyl]

:scratch2: Savoy Brown :scratch2: Jeff Beck
Savoy Brown-Hellbound Train LP. Hellbound Train Ending.
Jeff Beck Group,Orange Lp. Going down. Max Middelton's piano work
Boz Scaggs-Loan me a dime,Duane Allman's Slide work
all The Lp's were good. I just pointed out, the say, mind blowing parts.Lp's I just haft to have. :D

[tentoze]

Too many to list, and growing every week.

[gonzp]

I,d have to agree with Angela "Thick As A Brick~Jethro Tull"

[dingus]

ELO - "Eldorado"

[cubdog]

Allman Brothers Band, Live At The Fillmore. Keith Jarrett, Koln Concert. I never get tried of them.

cubdog

[Rock-Ola]

Beach Boys "Pet Sounds"

[Workingslug]

The first album by Quarterflash.
Every song is still a hit with me.
They could just pound out the vocals.

[DanTana]

"Heroin" by Lou Reed, another one that was really a trendsetter and pushed the envelope.

[doodledog]

Mark Knopfler's soundtrack to the movie "Local Hero."
Mostly acoustic, only one vocal track (sung by Gerry Rafferty), and quite simply, inspirational.

[Tony75]

Single Gun Theory - Flow, River of My Soul (still in the car 10+ years later)
U2 - Joshua Tree
REM - Automatic For The People
My Friend The Chocolate Cake - Brood
DIG (Directions In Groove) - Deeper
The Whitlams - Eternal Nightcap

[nevermind]

Transformer by Lou Reed.

Blank Generation by Richard Hell and The Voidoids.

...and i never forget - London Calling by The Clash.

[quicksilverbud]

for me albums that blew my mind on first listen...

Country Joe & the Fish.................................Electric Music for the Mind and Body
Quicksilver Messenger Service.......................First album, killer guitar
Doors............................................. ..........Strange Days on 8 Track of all things.
Charlie Parker............................................ .Essential Charlie Parker
Julie London............................................ ...Julie is Her Name (sexy, dreamy)
Sinatra........................................... ...........Song for Only the Lonely (what a voice)


and many more

[CarlV]

Good handle! :yes:

Carl

[James Dio]

It's really fun isn't it,to revive old threads, Gives ya some kind of conceptual continuity;Hey Frank Z.

From an intellectual point of view,I just HAVE to support
the Sex pistols album Never mind the Bollocks..man,this album ROCKS

From a rational point of view : Dylan's Blood on the tracks just
because it is so godamn' GOOD.

From an emotional point I'll vote for The Bands 'Music from big Pink'
I listened to Fairport convention, Pink Floyd , Deep purple and Led Zeppelin and a zillion others,and as good as they were,when I heard this album I realized this was the music I had been looking for .

And finally from a practical shootout point blank..I went to a Weather report
concert right after their 'Heavy Weather' and 'Black market' Albums.
Wayne Shorter,Jaco pastorius,Joseph Zawinul and Peter Erskine on stage..
..It's hard to convey the magic they brought out that night.
Zzzzzinggg.

[DanTana]

The Doors, by The Doors, everyone heard "Light My Fire" over and over, but the other songs on that album became legend. I don't know when lyrics in a song were more powerful and conjured such visions and thought as those did. "The End" was definitely a first, and Ray Manzarek reinvented the organ as a rock instrument. One of the most thought provoking songs was "Soul Kitchen."

Soul Kitchen
Well, the clock says it's time to close now
I guess I'd better go now
I'd really like to stay here all night

The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
Street lights share their hollow glow
Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise

Still one place to go
Still one place to go

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
Turn me out and I'll wander, baby
Stumbling in the neon groves

Your fingers weave quick minarets
Speak in secret alphabets
I light another cigarette
Learn to forget, learn to forget
Learn to forget, learn to forget

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
Turn me out and I'll wander, baby
Stumbling in the neon groves

Well the clock says it's time to close now
I know I have to go now
I really want to stay here all night
All night
All night

[jazzwolf]

Without a doubt The Beatles "Revolver". It is still amazing, everyone mentions Sgt Peppers and rightfully so but "Revolver" REALLY made the difference. When that album came out it was like a bolt out of the sky and everyone knew that the next record would be something special. Whenever I hear "Tomorrow Never Knows" I feel as surprised as when I was a boy, it is still an amazing song.

[Andyman]

Country Joe & the Fish.................................Electric Music for the Mind and Body


I thought I was the only guy with that LP. Still have my original copy from high school too.

Good dopin' music :yes:

[tentoze]

I thought I was the only guy with that LP. Still have my original copy from high school too.

Good dopin' music :yes:

Dang, Andy, even I don't still have that one.........

:lmao:

[rkic]

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Four Way Street

[huskerdu60622]

i like how the "..really blew your mind..." thread was bumped on 4/20 :smoke:

[daddydlb]

For me it was the Doobie Brothers, What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits. Black Water with harmonies and round. Eyes of Silver with the horns. The Doobies were the first to have two drummers, killer rythm section. No matter what my mood, when a Doobs tune comes on I am immediately in a great mood.

[Tubejunke]

Wow! Great to know there are still some Country Joe&The Fish fans out there! True head music in its finest form. Anyhow Blue Cheer-Vincibus Eruptum really changed things for me. Actually their first two albums are mind blowing. Poor sound quality Phillips unfortunatly. I was only a child when this came out and never got turned on until I found a copy at a flea market back in maybe 1989. I had heard heavy music most of my life especially in the 80s when everything went speed metal. Through all that I never heard anything more raw, powerfull, and in your face than Blue Cheer from 1968. They actually still tour Europe with two of three original members. None of their post early 70s stuff is really noteworthy but I hear they actually put on a hell of a live show.

Check em out!

Tube

Gimme An F....

[Citizen John]

"Carry On" from 4-Way Street is a great jam.

Shain! Froggy Beaver!!! Love, love lovely lady... Whatever happened to J Fisher and company?
(speaking of Omaha groups: "Stealing Happy Hours" by 311 actually has a bluesy, Dickey Betts feel to it)

And the Ozark Mountain Daredevils are still a favorite (the soaring guitar solo in I'm Going Back To Colorado never fails to please).

I'd have to say Todd Rundgren's "Todd" LP also blew my mind...

[modge]

Genesis Selling England By The Pound I bought this lp in the seventies and still listen to it now every month. Colosous Sonny Rollins, Sweet Little Mysteries John Martin.John Coltrain Stardust,Ritard Thompson Semi-detached mock tudor (live). Robert Wyatt His Greatest Misses.Family Bandstand.Bob Dyan Blood On The Tracks. Loads more but cant list them now. Got to spin some Free Tons Of Sobs. SE YA ALL MODGE. :smoke:

[Parky50]

Great choices folks !!! :thmbsp:

I would say my first "Mind Blowing" audio trip was Pink Floyd's - "Echoes" off the Meddle album.
My best friend had a huge black light with a glowing galaxy on the ceiling set up in his room...
plus a great sounding system to complete the journey... <whew> :para:
I'll never see those brain cells again... :no:

[gonzp]

i like how the "..really blew your mind..." thread was bumped on 4/20 :smoke:

I thought the same thing, and then remembering Black Sabbath Paranoid was worth a mention, any Robin Trower album :thmbsp:

[kerozene]

Like modge, I still listen to Genesis' Selling England by the Pound and am never tired of it :thmbsp:

[mhardy6647]

The Doobies were the first to have two drummers, killer rythm section.
Ummmm... I think the Dead beat the Doobies to it by a few years...

[tentoze]

Ummmm... I think the Dead beat the Doobies to it by a few years...

ABB, as well.

[Retro Stereo]

For me it was the Doobie Brothers, What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits. Black Water with harmonies and round. Eyes of Silver with the horns. The Doobies were the first to have two drummers, killer rythm section. No matter what my mood, when a Doobs tune comes on I am immediately in a great mood.

I saw the Doobie Brothers in concert at the St. Paul Saint's outdoor baseball field back in 1974. Chicago opened for them, one of the best concerts I've ever been to.


Retro

[Shain]

Yea, I still like the artists that could actually play an instrument. And I've always liked a tune with good guitar stuff.

Great guitars, drums from the Eagles, Doodies, Daredevils, and many other 70s groups

The Doobies were different than the Eagles. Doobies had horns too, and just kind of had their own sound. Eagles had great lyrics.

[abone1999]

This is fun:

Cream.... "Wheels of Fire"......Miles...."Kind of Blue" and "Bitches Brew" .........Cannonball Adderley..."Somethin Else"......Hendrix...."Electric Ladyland"......Derek and the Dominos......"Layla".....Ten Years After......"Undead"....Savoy Brown....."Raw Sienna".... and finally Beethoven.."9th Symphony""

Just recently re-acquired Raw Sienna and while playing my 16 year old son says..."Dad this is really good"!!

All stranded on a desert island stuff for me

[bOUddha]

abone-

I recently bought a 180 gram re-release of Wheels of Fire, and couldn't be much more disappointed. I still have the original, very nearly worn out copy I bought when I was in high school, but this new version made my speakers sound like they had the Quaker Oats Pilgrim printed on the grill cloth...

$27.99, and I may never play it again!

Back to topic, The James Gang Rides Again, Ricky Lee Jones debut abum, The Quintet, Electric Mud, so many others.

[Rockmonton]

even though i'm a yungin, dark side of the moon has got to be one of the most memorable music listening experiences ever. that album has such impecable mixing between silence and music it could be listened to over and over again. As well, a lot of these 60's psychadelic bands had some pretty cool stuff too, not to mention neil young, country joe and the fish, and phish who are some of the ones currently playing at my house.

[outlawmws]

abone-

I recently bought a 180 gram re-release of Wheels of Fire, and couldn't be much more disappointed. I still have the original, very nearly worn out copy I bought when I was in high school, but this new version made my speakers sound like they had the Quaker Oats Pilgrim printed on the grill cloth...

$27.99, and I may never play it again!

Back to topic, The James Gang Rides Again, Ricky Lee Jones debut abum, The Quintet, Electric Mud, so many others.

Have you tried giving the dissapointment a good cleaning? Sometimes they come from the factory with so much press relase gunk in them that the're unplayable. :scratch2:

[ilimzn]

In my case, the piece of music played as well as the equipment all made a veryt lasting impression at the same time. The year was 1979 or 1980, I was 11 or 12, and I was treated to a work by that author most of you think you have never heared of - Jean-Michel Jarre's Equinoxe, and played through nothing less than a pair of OHM Fs. And the next song up was from the just released double album by the same author, 'Concerts in China', "Arpegiator". Well, after that, nothing was the same.

[abone1999]

bOUddha:

That's too bad about Wheels of Fire quality. I have a really old vinyl version plus the CD too. Both are fine.

I should have included SRV in my list....anything live.

[bOUddha]

Have you tried giving the dissapointment a good cleaning? Sometimes they come from the factory with so much press relase gunk in them that the're unplayable. :scratch2:

There's an idea worth its weight in decibels! Why didn't I think of that?

Now, where did I put that bottle of Lemon Joy? :thmbsp:

[bOUddha]

Who'd-a-thunk-it?

I guess a simple swirl around bOUddha's nearly clean T-shirt clad belly ain't the hot setup for LP laundering! I DiscWasher@ed the Side with Traintime & Toad, and I've NEVER heard it better!!!

After I recover a bit, I may do the other side...

Be forewarned Outlawmws, I owe you a good ol' Okie neck hug . :naughty:

[schoolboy]

Yeah, the vote has to go for Dark SIde of the Moon. It comes to mind as having been there for a long time. The SACD is just OK. The vinyl is just ok (I have several copies but none all that great). But still, it works. It's a cliche, of course. What has helped tolerate the oversaturation has been picking up bootleg live performances. The BBC one is good, and then there is one from WAY before the album was released. These show that the music has power without the hi-fi recording.

but... The first album that I listened to flat (no eq no tone controls) was Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin In. It was well recorded and mastered, and had a lot of heavy (maybe excessive) bass emphasis. It made me turn down the bass for the first time and very soon thereafter I was listening to everything flat (which I still do). The album had a profound effect on me.

[carbonman]

Glad someone revived this thread. Once I get thinking, a lot of old favorites come to mind.
From the late 60s & early 70s:
Deep Purple Deep Purple in Rock - Taught me all about energy in music. "Speed King" still gets my heart pounding.
Deep Purple Machine Head - One of the ultimate rock albums.
Pink Floyd Ummagumma - Showed me a whole other kind of music. 'Nuff said.
Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails - Music as an epic. I still love this album. I'd love to hear the whole unedited master of "Who Do You Love".
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath - Goth as a musical form. This album hit me at a formative time in my late teenage years. I realized that other people had dark thoughts too.
From the 70s and early 80s:
Alan Parsons Project I, Robot - A great example of controlled energy in music.
Lazy Racer Lazy Racer - Female vocals that stopped me dead.
Jump to the 90s:
Tori Amos Little Earthquakes - The song "Winter" was used to demo a pair of speakers that I was considering buying. I almost fell forward out of my chair when she drew in her breath and there was a moment of total silence to fall into. I bought the speakers later that year. The album is still a personal favorite for evaluating audio equipment.
Peter Gabriel Secret World Live - Taught me to appreciate world music. I developed an appreciation for Peter Gabriel. I also fell in love with Paula Cole's voice. Just amazing.
Sarah McLaughlin Solace - My first exposure to a local performer in her early stages of musical greatness. Nothing stands out on this album; it's all powerful.
Sarah McLaughlin Fumblig Towards Ecstasy - "Hold On" is one of my favorites from the 90s. For some reason this song has an emotional, almost teary impact on me whenever I hear it.
Dave Matthews Band Under the Table and Dreaming - Great musicians having lots of fun together.
The 21st century:
Jeff Beck You Had It Coming - Listen to "Dirty Mind" and "Rollin' & Tumblin'". Dirty, gritty rock the way it should always have been played! Makes me sorry for all the crap I've let assault my eardrums over the years.
:thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp: :thmbsp: :banana: :banana:

[macman007]

Here are some of mine in no particular order;

Al Stewart....Year Of The Cat

Bloodwyn Pig..Ahead, Rings Out

Ten Years After...Cricklewood Green

Moody Blues...In Search Of The Lost Chord

Jeff Waynes Musical Version Of the War Of The Worlds

Jethro Tull...Minstrel In The Gallery

Pink Floyd...Meddle

Pink Floyd...Division Bell

Kansas..Point Of No Return

Peter Gabriel...Shaking The Tree...20 Greatest Hits

Genesis..The Way We Walk..The Longs

John Prine..Sweet Revenge

Atlanta Rythym Section...Champaigne Jam.

The list goes on and on with 900+ cd's and Close to 900 albums.

...not to mention open reel's

[thunderbird3370]

Weed and pink floyd are an excellent combo. the bird

[outlawmws]

Weed and pink floyd are an excellent combo. the bird


Hmm not famliar with a band called "Weed" :scratch2:


:D :naughty:

[louped.garou]

the concert for bangledesh..... original pressing is amazing

[SPL db]

A classic for sure.

Did you know that Ian Anderson wrote that piece as a slam towards the progressive/art rock movement of the day? He was poking fun at bands like Yes, ELP and Deep Purple.

The whole album was meant as a joke.

Great album!

Now, A Passion Play, that's an acquired taste.

Minstrel in the Gallery - that's my favorite Tull album...

I was a little to the "dark side" in high school - Black Sabbath
Ted Nugent, and AC/DC were on the top of my listening lists.

Scott

[Micropassatman]

Wow...where to begin?

Childhood, I guess. Mom and (to a lesser extent) Dad's picks

They introduced me to:

The Eagles: Hotel California - remember when half the fun of the experience was holding open the jacket while listening?

Janis Joplin:Pearl - the quadrophonic vinyl version - Mercedes Benz, anyone?

Three Dog Night - White double LP - I forget the title, but I believe it was self-titled...or maybe it was Joy to the World.

Elton John: Madman Across the Water and 'Greatest Hits' from '74

Linda Ronstadt: Prisoner in Disguise

Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive!

The Beatles: Let it Be - ...and they did

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - you can almost smell the cocaine on the recording equipment

Aerosmith:Toys in the Attic - Emotion has never sounded so sweet...

Led Zeppelin: ZOHO(IV) - on a PINK cassette tape. Remember when cassettes came in sleeves? This one did.

The Who: Whos Next - For once you CAN judge the tone of an album by its cover :D

Onto my adolescense(lessness).

I hate to admit it, but this next LP started me down the road to becoming...'GASP' a Bee Gees Fan...

Grease: The Original Motion Picture Sndtrk

Soon to follow was...yes, you guessed it: Saturday Night Fever: The Original...yada,yada,yada...

I think MY first album(actual purchase) was the Soundtrack to Star Wars. Big and Black with Darth Vader's mask on the back. Double album. I wore the grooves out. Still have it, too. Absolutely amazing piece of work. subsequent work is redundant. The original is still that, and more...at least to me.

My brother bought this the same day: Queen - News of the World. What a mind altering week that was!

Soon after that I believe I was introduced to KISS. I believe the one that caught my attention was Detroit Rock City, or Love Gun. Can't remember which. Still think they're two of their best (barring Alive!, of course)

And then there was FLOYD. The Wall, to be precise. *the best concept album - period* Hit me like...a Ton of Bricks! :guitar: Listen to it at night with a pair of headphones. Un-be-freakin-lieveable...

This turned me around. My next purchase was the Sndtrk to Heavy Metal the MP.

Some great tracks on there from Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Donald Fagen, Devo, and Sammy Hagar, to name but a few. Great double LP that only recently did I replace on CD.

My soon to be new obsession began with a little tune called "It's a Long Way to the Top, If you wanna Rock and Roll". Anyone? Next purchase: AC/DC's High Voltage. I've owned everything else they've released since. This and a few others(I.E. Let There Be Rock and Highway to Hell) never grow tiresome to listen to. A Raw quality captured that is hard to describe. Must listen.

Next on my virtual shelf was an LP by a new British band that would make it big. Def Leppard's Pyromania. I must have ruined half-a-dozen cassettes and two vinyl spinners just through listening alone. It may sound 'Old Hat' today, but it had me playing air guitar on my bed, long before I picked up the real thing.

Van Halen I and II anyone? Two albums from the same session. Original and brutal.


I think we're up to High School now:

High School in the eighties...too many to list. My "Must Have's"

Judas Priest's Point of Entry. You aint never heard Priest like this. A bizarre, almost unclassifiable album. It sounds nothing like Stained Class OR British Steel. Arguably two very different sounding albums. I have this CD in my PC as I type.

Screaming for Vengeance. Arguably Priest's best. The opitome of what Heavy Metal sounds like. You can hear the Marshall's humming at Eleven! I swear!

Iron Maiden:Powerslave. Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Say no more...

Queensryche:Operation Mindcrime. The best concept since...*see above* ALso the previous LP - Rage for Order. The drum tracks are incredible on this one...

Beyond the Metal Phase?

Not yet, but I don't really consider the occasional metal albums here 'true' metal anyway.

Metallica's Black Album. Bob Rock made them stars. Great recording, especially on DVD-A.

Joe Satriani: Surfing with the Alien. Not necc. his best, but definitely came outta left field...

Dream Theater: Images and Words. But a first in a long string of purchases. John Petrucci is arguably the best (rock/fusion) guitar player you've never heard... The band will astound you. Live as well.

Collective Soul: Dosage. 'Weight' will melt your speakers. Or your brain. Or both.

Steely Dan: Aja

U2:Rattle and Hum

Riverdogs:Riverdogs - Not much to say. It aint available anymore - anywhere. Vivian Campbell's best country album yet.

The Refreshments: Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big and Buzzy. Tongue and Cheek Arizona PopRock at it's best!

Acoustic Alchemy: Any release.

Loreena McKennitt:The Book of Secrets

I could go on and on...but you're probably not reading this far anymore now. Are you. :thmbsp:

[boxoboom]

Ummmm lessee :smoke:
Commander Cody and the Lost planet airmen Live from deep in the heart of Texas & We gotta live one here :beerchug: :drunk: :smoke:
Steve Miller Children of the future, Sailor & Brave New World
Billy Cobham, Spectrum
Edgar Winter Group they only come out at night ( frankenstien still blows me away !) :guitar:
The Red Clay Ramblers Chuckin the Frizz !
Stephane Grappelli at the Winery
ELP Pictures at an Exhibition
New Riders of the purple Sage NRPS & The Adventures of Panama Red :beatnik: ( mmmm)
Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds Of Fire & Inner Mounting Flame
Procol Harum Grand Hotel,
Ray Price The Cherokee Cowboys reunited,
The David Grisman Quintet
R Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders #2 (As good as his Comix ! :naughty: )
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Joe Walsh The Smoker you Drink The Player you get :guitar:
Chet Atkins & Les Paul Chester & Lester :thmbsp:
Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Simon & Garfunkel Parsley Sage Rosemary and Tyme
The Dead Skull and Roses ( or anything for that fact !)
Firesign Theatre We're all Bozo's on this bus, Waiting for the electrician or someone like him,
How can you be in two places and once when your not anywhere at alllllll :lmao:
John Hartford Nobody knows What You Do,& Slumberin' on the Cumberland with Benny Martin
Seiji Ozawa & Siegal Schwall Blues Band .. Three Peices for a Jazz and Blues Orchestra with the San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra
Rick Wakeman ... Journey to the Center of the Earth :D

To name a few :yes:

[Hyfi]

I noticed a lot of you posted lists and not 1 album that changed you. I was in High School until '79. Listened to most of the normal items...Yes, Floyd, Zep...

I was trying to learn the bass and Chris Squire was my fav. I was trying hard to keep up with his harder rifs and sounding like crap. Walking home from a buds house late one night, I heard something from the window of a dude that was kinda a loner. He noticed I was standing outside listening and invited me in. While blowing a joint he introduced me to Bill Bruford "Feels Good To Me". I was blown away by the bassist whose name is Jeff Berlin. My ears had a hard time keeping up with Beezlebub and Sample and Hold. Totally Awesome. I have been a Bruford fan since that night.

Last night while playing selected female vocal tracks I grabbed the Bruford disk for Annette Peacocks eery vocals. Adios a la Pasada or Goodby to the Past is one killer track also as is Seems Like a Lifetime Ago.

Gradually Going Tornado is almost as good. Clark on guitar instead of Holdsworth. Berlin doing the vocals.

Feels Good To Me by Bruford changed me and the direction of music I was listening to and Jazz Fusion is my favorite Genre now and forever.

Any Bruford fans in here?

Hyfi

[boxoboom]

Your right hyfi ... I could start with my childhood but I won't. I will move a little farther in my life. :thmbsp:

I guess it was 1974 .. I was just out of the service and back in school .... listening to mostly jazz back then. A lot of real avantegard stuff. But one day one of the local stoners we all knew came by and said ... hey you guys got to listen to this ...... He put Commander Cody and the lost planet airmen we've got a live one here on the turntable ....

I had never heard of them and Everybody else was like .... Frog !!(that is what we called him) .. WTF !!! But I was totally transfixed .. and later while perusing some of the local establishments in search of a cold adult beverage ... I happened upon a place called Dollar Bills Saloon .. it was in a place called Coryville right next to the University of Cincinnati . Low and behold there was a band in there playing that same kinda music that I had heard earlier . They were Calico Rose and the Coryville Cowboys .... I Was hooked ... Fact is .. I left Cincinnati and moved to Michigan ... where I was still hooked with Country music ... Thru that I found Stephane Grapelli at the winery .. got hip to Django Reinhart and I never looked back ... I started recording my friends ... building speakers, amps and such and the rest is history ....

But I love all forms of music ... my Record collection will bely that ... there are 2500 albums here that run the gammut ... jazz, classical, country, bluegrass, Blues, There are so many that have grabbed me .... but that one changed me . :yes:


Steve

[rek50]

Since this thread has a life of it's own, I'll put my thumb on the "Mercury" and scatter it some. Roxy Music-Out of the Blue, for one, and alot of their stuff. BloodRock-DOA, Single-Ichykoo Park(sp), Curved Air-Vivaldi, some Procol Harum, Otis Redding/Jimi Hendrix-Monterey Pop Fest..., These may not "Change your Life" But IMO, worth a listen...

[SPL db]

Simon & Garfunkel Parsley Sage Rosemary and Tyme


This was my first album that I ever owned... I was eight
and my brother gave me an old copy of this album that
he had (he wore it out and replaced it).

All I had to play it on at the time was my little record
player that luckily would play at 33 1/3...

I guess you could say that my brother planted the seed
of music in me! :D

Scott

[stereofisher]

Still blows me away! Anita Bakers Giving it the best I got. Have it on a CD. A favorite. Got the LP at the Sal Army. Killed the Cd in sound quality. Got an LP single of Ace of Bass's single Dont turn around. Kills the CD! The LPs always blow away the CD.

Eric :D

[Kim G]

Some of my old time favorites:

Yes - Close to the Edge

The Who - Quadrophenia

Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed

Weather Report - Heavy Weather, Mr Gone

Jan Hammer - Oh Yeah

Jan Hammer group with Jeff Beck - Live

Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Leo Kottke - My Feet are Smiling

Cat Stevens - Catch Bull at Four ( My first album of my own ) Tea for the Tillerman

Boston - Boston

That's it from my younger days, now there are way too many to list here.

Kim

[BeerCan]

I noticed a lot of you posted lists and not 1 album that changed you. I was in High School until '79. Listened to most of the normal items...Yes, Floyd, Zep...

I was trying to learn the bass and Chris Squire was my fav. I was trying hard to keep up with his harder rifs and sounding like crap. Walking home from a buds house late one night, I heard something from the window of a dude that was kinda a loner. He noticed I was standing outside listening and invited me in. While blowing a joint he introduced me to Bill Bruford "Feels Good To Me". I was blown away by the bassist whose name is Jeff Berlin. My ears had a hard time keeping up with Beezlebub and Sample and Hold. Totally Awesome. I have been a Bruford fan since that night.

Last night while playing selected female vocal tracks I grabbed the Bruford disk for Annette Peacocks eery vocals. Adios a la Pasada or Goodby to the Past is one killer track also as is Seems Like a Lifetime Ago.

Gradually Going Tornado is almost as good. Clark on guitar instead of Holdsworth. Berlin doing the vocals.

Feels Good To Me by Bruford changed me and the direction of music I was listening to and Jazz Fusion is my favorite Genre now and forever.

Any Bruford fans in here?

Hyfi

Jeff is quite good and he knows it. I am actually friends with Jeff. He was my bass teacher for a little over a year. He loves to practice his craft and he loves to help others learn more. I have had the pleasure to jam with many famous musicians because of him and for that I will be forever greatfull.
go here http://www.playerschool.com/players.htm to find out more.

[Trawlerman]

I've got a whole load of albums that I really enjoy but few that I would say are life changing.

I suppose Jeff Waynes 1978 "War Of The Worlds" on LP has to be one of my alltime favourites. As a kid I would play this over and over again driving the old man mad at time. Same with Queen "News Of The World", another one that got constant play when i was young. We're talking about when I would be 5-6 years old here guys.

The compilation of Thin Lizzy "Dedication" on CD from the early 90s really opened my eyes to classic rock/metal.

Billy Bragg and Wilco "Mermaid Avenue" opened up a whole new scene for me with Wilco, Natalie Merchant and Corey Harris. Nat Merchant along with 10,000 Maniacs has grown to become some of my favourite music.

Overall the album that has made the biggest impact on me was The Byrds 1968 "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo". With that one album my collection grew amazingly to cover all the solo releases from ex-byds, spin off bands such as CSNY right through to the Eagles et al. A real life changer that one album, certianly for me anyway.

More recently Alan Parsons "I Robot" got me into the whole APP and Pink Floyd in a big way. Excellent stuff from both groups.

Evanescense "Fallen" was also a big turning point for me. Prior to that I hadn't considered that I liked any Gothic/Industrial stuff. Since getting into Evanescense my interest has grown to include Nightwish (who i'm now a major fan of), Liv Kristine, Epica, Delerium, Dead Can Dance and some of the more hardcore such as Inkubus Succubus etc....

[BeerCan]

HyFi,
Don't know where your located but the Jeff Berlin trio is doing some dates in NYC. this weekend and next I think

[Tubejunke]

Ten Years After- A Space In Time. Its funny I have many albums and dig many musicians and bands. I take spells or cycles with most. You know, you dig something out that you had to put away a while back before you drove the whole world and yourself crazy. You play it again, a lot, for a while, and then put it back up.

"Space is and always has been different for me than MOST other recordings. Its always at the ready but never overplayed. More like a fine wine or something. It never gets old or even sounds dated if anyone has heard it. It was WAY ahead of its time. So were the band. Alvin Lee could jam in any decade and rule the fretboard.

Rock On!

[Kerb]

Live at Leeds- The Who

Indagodadavita- Iron Butterfly

Abbie Road- The Beatles

Disraeli Gears-Cream

Led Zepplin I

[elroymcgee]

Blue Oyster Cult "fire of unknown origin" blew me away during the pot days,,
but the real thing that still kicks ass is AC/DC "highway to hell" probably the best Rock and Roll album ever. IMOP

[DaWoofer]

Wow. ProAc_Fan, havent heard anyone mention Triumph since the early 80's. I used to have their first or second album. Loved it, back then. The memories.

[ManFromPorlock]

Not an album, but how about "Sally Go Round the Roses" a single by the Jaynettes, circa 1963. It was much more complex than the day's usual 3-chord R&R and gave us a 'first look' at how a lot of music would sound in the next fifteen years.

[Duane]

So many to choose from,the late 50's on through to the 70's.Marvin Gaye,The Temps,Stones,Beatles,Dylan and that folk genre.The album for me was Surrealistic Pillow-Jefferson Airplane followed by the Doors ,Quicksilver Messenger Service,Big Brother ..yada!!!

[shrinkboy]

has anybody else mentioned this? The Pleasure Principle, Gary Numan....

Loaded, Velvet Underground. others, of course, as well

[clint e.]

Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life.

[justjed]

Blew my mind? "Brain Salad Surgery", by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, and "the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway", by Genisis

[Steve W]

Album That Changed My Life: The Doors. Like everyone else, I'd heard Light My Fire, but only the shortened, AM-radio version. The full-length version: Wow! And for some reason, I homed in on Twentieth Century Fox. Maybe because I knew a few? :yes:

Album I Wish I Had: Jefferson Airplane's Bless Its Pointed Little Head, the Airplane caught live. I've heard two cuts from it on various compilation albums, Plastic Fantastic Lover and Somebody To Love. The first is energetic but sounds mostly like the studio version, but Somebody To Love done live sounds nothing like the studio recording. It's waaaay better; you get to hear how good the Airplane's rhythm section (Spencer Dryden/Jack Casady) is, and how good Grace Slick and Marty Balin sound when they're battling it out. Yow! :thmbsp:

[Texas42]

Gosh, owning every Moody Blues album/cd ever made and being a devout Moodies Fan, I probably vote their "Core 7" (first 7 albums before their first break-up) as the albums that I never tire of and I've enjoyed more than any others. (Especially, To Our Children's Children's Children). Aside from them....hmmm

Kansas-Leftoverture (still incredible) and Point of Know Return

Floyd- The Wall

Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (before he went pop and with The Wall the two best double albums of all time in my opinion).

Badfinger- Straight Up

Boston- Boston

Heart- Dreamboat Annie

Yes- Going for the One

Dire Straights- Brothers in Arms

ELO- Time (one of the last prog-rock concept albums)

Wow, so many great tunes and only two ears. It's almost not fair...

[White01L]

So many great albums in this thread, hard to pick through the list

OMD - It'll shine when it Shines (I saw them live at the Cains in Tulsa in early 80's, what a place, pictures of old western swing musicians all over the place) fwiw isn't this available again on CD

Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Mahogany Rush - Child of Novelty (any of first three albums really)
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Doors - Soft Parade

[clint e.]

The Clash - London Calling.

[wizard_len]

For me, it was Cat Stevens first album. Musically, it was okay, but the fidelity of recording was a revelation compared to everything else I had heard. It got me hooked on recorded music and started on this path of constantly seeking higher-fidelity equipment. I'm not sure whether to thank him for the pleasure I have had or to curse him for all the money this habit has cost me over the years.