It was 1974 and my car was getting inspected,so the mechanic let me use his car until mine was done and when I started the car he already had 8 track player on and out of the speakers was the sound of the 1st KISS album. Had it in 8 track,cassette,album and CD. A true rock classic.
Story is about Status Quos 5th album released in 1972 on Vertigo Records. They were well into their new career as a Boogie Blues Rock band. Up to Piledriver i admit i only heard the single Pictures Of Matchstick Men. I was browsing through records at my favorite place and came across this album with a cool picture of 3 guitar players on the cover i flipped it over and noticed they played my favorite Doors song Roadhouse Blues. I took a chance and bought It and it was a good one. Other songs i like are Dont Waste My Time. Oh Baby. Big Fat Mama and Paper Plane.
Watching Pete’s SoT episode - An Italian Progressive Rock Primer - 30 Must Hear Albums in 2019 helped me expand my knowledge and passion for Italian prog in all of it’s various sub-genres - RPI, Symphonic, etc. I have been exploring these bands from the 70s to modern day and purchasing CDs from various bands including PFM, Banco, Le Orme, Alphataurus, etc. Wanted to thank Pete for sharing his passion for these bands. Discovering early and modern Italian prog bands since then.
It was 11th grade. 1979. We all used to cruise around in my buddys car cuz he had a killer car stereo. So, i was in the backseat , where the huge speakers were. He said" heres a new tape i got. It just came out. The next sound i heard was the opening riff to Highway to hell. Played at an ear splitting decibal. Lol. Then the drums kicked in. Wow. The album blew me away, i bought it immediately. But my ears are still ringing from that 1st opening shot.
November, 2019: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (CD) First Thin Lizzy song I heard was The Boys Are Back in Town when I was young. The song appeared in various television commercials movies tv series and on the radio. I watched the Behind the Music Remastered of Thin Lizzy on VH1 Classic in 2013. I almost teared up when they talked about the final days of Phil Lynott. I got to learn a little bit about the band from this episode. During Thanksgiving break I went to my favorite record shop in Manassas VA Dragon Song LTD. I bought the first two Bad Company albums on Vinyl and then I bought Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’ on CD. I gave it a listen but I was only interested with ‘The Boys are Back in Town’ and then I listened to other songs and I kind of got into the other songs. Then a few months later, I discovered this channel and Pete was a die hard Lizzy fan so I watched ranking the album show of Thin Lizzy and that’s when I decided to get into Thin Lizzy. So thanks again Pete for getting me into another band. Since then I have dug deep into their other catalog.
Hey Kamran, excellent choice, one of the best bands to come from these islands I live on, and a year or so back were voted Ireland's best ever band, ahead of U2! Saw them 3 times and also Phil's last band Grand Slam - I even got to stutter a brief hello to him and shake his hand afterwards. I didn't wash it for 3 days!!!
@@garyjoyce2160 Gary. I hope your daughter feels better soon. That’s a very low number to have. I do know about her problem because my husband has that same problem except he’s a 2. He was always getting too high. Over 400 at lot of times.
Gary. The hopes of daughter being well. And the best of health to you and yer family in the coming year, By the way tomorrow will be my 🎂 Bday. So see ya in the gallery hopefully in the morning, TC friend,
Many of the albums I've mentioned this month come from bargain bins. There was nothing like taking home a record you didn't really know what to expect from and realize, when you put it on the turntable, that you have found a gem. Although some signs used to be a good omen, like the cover, the band's pictures and logo, their look (as far as possible from Duran Duran, Depeche Mode or Kajagoogoo's, in my case), and if there was no pictures, some familiar and respected name in the credits. In this case this sealed album with a cut corner met all expectations. I had never heard the band but had read about what a good guitarist a certain Ronnie Montrose was. The album in question was Jump on it. To this day my second favourite Montrose album, since it's impossible to surpass the debut, which I ordered shortly after by mail to England
@@iainhead9898 Hey Iain! I have all five Montrose albums, from the debut to Mean (1987), also Gamma's, in various formats. Jump on it on vinyl and CD, I love Bob James's voice, very different from Sammy Hagar's. He sang on two albums, Warner Bros. Presents Montrose! (1975) and Jump on it (1976), I like both more than Paper Money.
30. Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee I discovered this album very, very late. I’d seen the video for Last Plane Out a long time ago on RUclips and thought it was a very catchy song, but for whatever reason, I didn’t investigate any further. I knew there had been a lot of discussions about the late, great Kevin Gilbert, especially in prog circles, but didn’t really take interest until June of 2017, when I found this album at a flea market for a whopping $1! I snatched it up immediately when I saw it and it was the best dollar I ever spent! I listened to it right after I bought it and was amazed at the songs and the production. Everything about this album is perfect to my ears! It’s total ear candy! It’s rock, it’s pop, there are some proggy bits, it’s a damn shame that this album wasn’t massive. I can’t really pick a favorite song because they are all so, so good. Not long after that, I went down the KG rabbit hole and to say that he was a musical genius is nothing short of an understatement. This is a definite desert island album for me, no question about it. It’s from 1990, but it sounds so fresh, it still sounds new. I’m not big on the cover, but what’s inside of it is infectious!
Good morning (afternoon, evening or night), Pete. Back later for your tale for the day. Personal story today? Another multiple album yarn. Our town had several department stores and other places that sold records before the first mall opened with a specific record store. One of those places was a local stereo/music store nearby to the college campus in town. The place "caught" on fire - there were some who were suspicious of the event - but the owner put everything - instruments, stereo components, albums, etc. on sale. The issue was there could be no returns if the item(s) you bought were damaged beyond the ability to use or enjoy them. The oft-mentioned older brother and the guitar playing next door neighbor could hardly believe their luck. They wanted to go look primarily at guitars, amps and such. My thoughts turned to albums since my very limited mid-teen budget did not allow for lots of purchases. The whole place smelled of smoke but after waiting in line, we finally got in the store. I browsed the items as quickly as I could and though I already knew of many, had not heard the entire album from several. The albums chosen for purchase were LA Woman by the Doors; Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel; and - at long last - the multi-album set of All Things Must Pass by George Harrison that I had been wanting. It was hard not to pick others but spent almost down to the last cent of all the money I had at the time. Plastic wrap had protected the albums from any water damage though the plastic covers were damaged by smoke. But amazingly, each of the albums was in perfect listening condition - at least for the cheap portable [and first] stereo set I had at the time. Each became a classic over time and I still enjoy each though All Things Must Pass - at least the first two albums - likely gets played the most often. Thanks, Pete. Looking forward to your last two stories and starting 2025.
Hi John. That's a really interesting story and good album picks. I got all three of them at different times, too... with The Doors and Simon & Gafrunkel on my list on here. George Harrison's triple album followed years later.
Day 30......Back in 1978 I was living and working in London, UK and was sharing a small flat in Earl's Court. In my tiny room late each night I would listen to my transistor radio, and pull in a signal from the pirate ship "Radio Caroline" which was floating in international waters between the U.K. and the Netherlands. Caroline would play whole album sides, sometimes complete albums, and on one night I remember well, she played Pink Floyd's "Animals" in its entirety. Up to that time I had been somewhat familiar with Floyd's DSOTM and WYWH, and though impressive and pleasant, never totally grabbed me. Animals was different.....those long songs with their dark Orwellian theme, and long Gilmour guitar solos, were right in my wheelhouse. And as I was living in London at the time, I recall having seen Battersea power station and area, the same image as on Animal's album cover, so it made it so much more real to me. Then later that exact same year in college, our assigned reading and study was of Orwell's "Animal Farm". All those elements came together in such a way that left an indelible impact on me. My original vinyl LP album cover is proudly framed on my office wall. Every time I look at it, or every time I hear a track from Animals, whether Sheep, Pigs or Dogs; I am transported back in time to 1978 London. Another of my classic Time Machine trips.
@@garyh.238 Hi Gary, great memories, Caroline was already history when I learned about it (sorry, showing my age there!) but it did music a great service at the time...
Hello everyone, posting early today as I'm going to be out of range for most of the day doing family stuff so don't know when I'll be able to react/reply, but I'll get there eventually! Today's "story" is about what I think, on reflection, if asked on pain of death, would be my answer to the question: If the world was ending in an hour's time, what album would you choose to listen to one last time? The best album ever made? Probably not, if I'm honest. The most important or influential? Almost definitely not. But the album which, when I first heard it, ticked every single box I wanted it to and, just as importantly still does today, over 35 years later? An album I never tire of hearing? Definitely. What can I tell you...? It's a concept album, telling a story that actually makes sense if you follow it through, featuring only a small cast of characters with clearly defined roles. The spoken sections are kept to a bare minimum and are there purely to clarify and advance the narrative. Only two or three guest roles are allocated, the band's vocalist fulfilling the roles of narrator and main protagonist. This will be the only band I feature more than once in a story this month... It was the band's 4th release, and I'd been a fan since track one of their debut outing; my love of their music had grown with each one, but even I wasn't prepared for how good this was. Of course, regardless of how well imagined and structured the narrative, the songs themselves have to be just as good, and the 15 tracks on here, including the short instrumentals and atmospheric links, are exceptionally good from start to finish. When the album was first released, I saw the band open for Metallica when, of course, they could only play some individual highlights, but I was able, later on, to see them play the whole album live from start to finish when, after playing half an hour of some of their other material, their lead singer announced that they were to play just one more thing... "Ladies and gentlemen... Operation : Mindcrime"... I remember now...
Fantastic album Iain. I love 'Ryche's Op Mindcrime.....the riffs, the power, the theme...all epic. A fine one to have as your apocalyptic pick....mine is coming up tomorrow.
Love the Jimi Hendrix story Pete ! I got this Band of Gypsys as one of my three albums bought in 1973 after getting on from 8-track tapes. In 1977 I was in the Navy hitching a ride home with a buddy of mine, and we played Jimi’s BOG with Bob Seger’s Night Moves in his car on 8-track. On both ends of the trip we constantly alternated between both of these recordings and it was an incredible memory. So I guess I heard “Machine Gun” about 6 or 7 times in a short span of time. It is truly one of the great performances of all time. My story is about my cousin back in 1970 who turned me on to so much music that summer. He used to say “You want to hear some horn?”. Well that was Junior Walker & The All Stars greatest hits including “Shotgun”, “How Sweet it is(To Be Loved By You)”, “(I’m A)Road Runner)”, “Come See About Me” & a remarkable instrumental called “Cleo’s Mood”. Junior Walker played Saxophone for all it’s worth !! My cousin would say “You Want to hear some soul?”. And that would be Sam & Dave’s Greatest hits like “Hold On I’m Comin’”, “I Thank You” & “Soul Man”. A lot of these songs came from STAX records in Memphis with Booker T & the MG’s as the house band. Some of these tunes would be famous again when The Blues Brothers started up on Saturday Night Live. But at a time when I was getting into the hard rock of The Who, Ten Years After, Grand Funk Railroad and Steppenwolf, these soulful recordings kept me balanced and liking many types of music. I think this musical diversity has helped me to be able to digest all the different styles of music presented here on SoT. And I am so thankful for my cousins insight all those many years ago.
It was at the very beginning of April 1977, when I saw an album of a band, which had become highly popular at the time everywhere, and decided to buy it. It was ABBA’s “Arrival”. Yes, I knew they were a Swedish pop band, but they did the best and most diversified pop overall in the 70s and early 80s. Before I got the album, they have had 6 No. 1 hits in my home country in a row, with “S.O.S.”, “Mamma Mia”, “Fernando”, “Dancing Queen”, “Money Money Money” and “Knowing Me Knowing You”, the latter 3 all taken from this album (Fernando would be added to the CD issue I later got). From this point on, I became an ABBA fan for life. I got the album successor “The Album” the other year, and all what came before and after, including their latest album “Voyager” from 2021. At "The Album", the kinda lengthy opener "Eagle" might be the only song which has some tendencies to prog, and at side 2 the song "Hole In Your Soul" the only one on which they played hard rock. With these and a bundle of other songs, like "Thank You For The Music", this album is my favourite. It’s a pity that, after the two couples broke up, they soon felt that they could not get along together anymore. How much awesome stuff might have followed after the “Visitors” album, if they had continued with the band for another 5, 10 or even more years… -- A few days later, our economy class were on a 4 day school trip from Tuesday to Friday to Munich, which had been organized by our social studies teacher. It was a lot of fun. We had a guided tour, and have been at the 1972 olympic arena. Of course we were allowed to visit the popular “Hofbräuhaus”, where our clique, being Michael, Dieter, Rolf, Jürgen and myself sat around one table, and everyone ordered a Mass (= 1 liter jar) of beer. When the waitress brought the jars to us, Rolf complained that his jar was not adequate filled. The waitress just snappish said “Moanst?” (Bavarian dialect, = you think so?), then turned around and went to the next table (Rolf was aged 19 at the time, a very small guy, chubby, wearing glasses and looking more like 15. Visually, he was always underestimated to people who did not know him closer, but on the other hand he was actually very cool and smart, according to his age). We all had a good laugh about it, it had been a quite comical moment, and Rolf didn’t really care. (But in hindsight, I think that the waitresses' reaction and behaviour towards Rolf had been arrogant and disrespectful.) During our stay in Munich, we had been in a youth hostel, with every 3 guys sharing a sleeping room. Besides Michael and myself, it was another class mate named Klaus. During our chats he told us that he would join the police after school, having already passed his tests and body examinations. Much time later, I was questioning myself, why someone visits economy school, to become a policeman afterwards. But then I thought he might just not have been able to find a more adequate job. I have not heard of him later anymore, but I hope he did well. Before the last night, we had bought several bottles of coke and vodka, and the 6 of us, including the mentioned guys and myself, had decided together to stay up all night until morning and just drinking and chilling all the time, while we later could sleep in the bus during the trip home. I remember that I fell asleep at around 5 AM, and the other guys later said that it has been quite the same with themselves. Anyway, we managed to be at the breakfast room at 8 AM in time, but mostly were sleeping later in the bus on the homeward journey, indeed. When I came home, I was very delighted to find another two new albums, which had arrived on the postal way in the meantime: Genesis’ “Wind And Wuthering”, and Uriah Heep’s “Firefly” album. This, along with the ABBA album, meant a lot of music watching pleasure for the upcoming days. My school time albums discoveries, In chronogical order: day 01: 07/1971 (fav) Led Zeppelin IV, (first) Led Zeppelin III day 02: 08/1971 (fav) Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water day 03: 09/1971 (fav) Atomic Rooster, In Hearing Of day 04: 09/1971 (fav) Deep Purple In Rock, (first) Deep Purple, Fireball day 05: 11/1971 (fav) Jethro Tull, Aqualung day 06: 11/1971 (fav) Black Sabbath s/t, (first) Master Of Reality day 07: 12/1971 Jesus Christ Superstar day 08: 01/1972 (fav) Grand Funk, Phoenix, (first) Grand Funk, E Pluribus Funk day 09: 03/1972 The Doors, L.A.Woman day 10: 04/1972 Neil Young, Harvest day 11: 06/1972 (fav) Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, (first) Pink Floyd, Meddle day 12: 07/1972 (first/fav) Uriah Heep, Demons And Wizards ("Magician's Birthday" coming very close) day 13: 07/1972 (first) Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus (fav, maybe) Trilogy day 14: 09/1972 (first) Alice Cooper, School's Out (fav) Alice Cooper, Killer day 15: 10/1972 (first) Moody Blues, A Question Of Balance (fav) Days Of Future Passed day 16: 02/1973 (first) Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four (fav) Cat Stevens, Foreigner (because of the suite) day 17: 03/1973 (first/fav) Yes, Close To The Edge day 18: 07/1973 (first/fav) Ekseption 5 day 19: 10/1973 (first/fav) Stevie Wonder, Innervisions day 20: 11/1973 (first/fav) The Who, Quadrophenia day 21: 12/1973 (first/fav) Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road day 22: 07/1975 (first/fav) Supertramp, Crime Of The Century (close: Breakfast In America) day 23: 02/1976 (first/fav) Queen, A Night At The Opera day 24: 04/1976 (first) 10cc, The Original Soundtrack + How Dare You day 25: 07/1976 (first) Genesis, A Trick Of The Tail, (fav) Selling England By The Pound day 26: 09/1976 (first) King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King + Red day 27: 09/1976 (first/fav) Rainbow, Rising day 28: 10/1976 (first/fav) Barclay James Harvest, Octoberon (close: Time Honoured Ghosts) day 29: 03/1977 (first/fav) Jean Michel Jarre, Oxygène day 30: 04/1977 (first) ABBA, Arrival (fav) ABBA, The Album
Excellent story, Frank. Your school trip antics sound very familiar to me! My introduction to Abba was the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest which they won with Waterloo (despite the UK jury giving them Nul Points. Sheer jealousy, methinks!)
Very nice story, Frank. Just last night I watched documentsry on ABBA and to my surprise learned that Swedish audience was pretty much against ABBA from 1975 onwards, probably to 1980 or so. I had few cassettes and I bougth The Album album, which I traded with a classmate for his copy of Nuclear Nightclub by Wigwam. ABBA is favorite car drive band for my wife and me.
@@FrankLang-i3n Hi Frank I remember the Abba hits in the '70s on the radio but never would buy that. I like to get a kilo of Beer at the Mexican restaurant once a month, You ready to go?
Great stuff band of gypsies were awesome Day 30 The Yes album I remember first getting fragile. After hearing roundabout on the radio for a while it's full version But there were some songs on there when I was only about 17 that didn't do much for me. Some of those classical infused pieces and things like that. Heart of the sunrise was interesting but a little too proggy for me at the time. But I remember when my local rock station started playing starship trooper in its entirety all three parts. And I really liked the length of it. And then I would start to hear I've seen all good people your move. Used record store found out what album it was on and got it used. I remember the first time I dropped a needle on yours is no disgrace weekend another 9 minutes right there of just awesome jamming. And it was pretty much at that point that I became a really big Yes fan to this day. And owning the whole discography on CD But this is another one of those albums that I pull out as soon as yours is no disgrace begins I have listened to the whole album all the way through perpetual change. And of course through the years I've come to really love fragile and yes I'm a fan of tales also. Lol. I like all of yes incarnations of the band through the years.
Good pick Kev. The Yes Album , Starship Trooper is on album I have 24 Electrifying Performances Heavy Metal 2 rec set vinyl I have You night remember that great good album. Yea I too had gotten Fragile first back in the day, TC Friend.
DAY 30-ALAN PARSONS PROJECT- I Robot (1977) Hi folks. Hope you are fine. Feeling off today. Well brace to give a story. I would hear a few of the tunes from this Alan Parsons album not knowing anything about him on radio . I would get the album though like when I would go to record store and get a used album some few years later like maybe in 80. or later but would have the vinyl in collection. I would at later time in the 90s and beyond listen to it and and my dad so loved the album that I let him have it along in his small jazz and music collection to listen to. He liked Wouldn't Want To Be Like You and The opener. Breakdown too and the whole album. And it would be Eye In The Sky album he would also like as well. I would get that and lend to him to his box. I have heard but didn't have the three albums that came after I would so love I Robot as was missing what a great album it was as I remembered. So then when I would be looking thru some albums some few years ago and would see it so I was to re get the album and on vinyl. Used also for real cheap. Good condition pawn shop for $4.00. Kept the price sticker on. This album by the way by introduction to Alan Parsons. I Robot 606 I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You 319 Some Other Time 405 Breakdown 350 Don't Let It Show 421 The Voice 521 Nucleus 335 Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) 343 Total Eclipse 305 Genesis Ch.1. V.32 337 -------------------------- David Paton - bass (tracks 1-8, 10), acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 10), backing vocals (track 8) Stuart Tosh - drums (tracks 1-8, 10), percussion (tracks 5-6), water gongs (track 7) Ian Bairnson - electric and acoustic guitars (tracks 1-8, 10), backing vocals (track 8) Eric Woolfson - clavinet (tracks 1, 3), Fender Rhodes (track 2), Wurlitzer (tracks 2, 4, 6), piano (tracks 3, 5, 8), organ (track 5), keyboards (tracks 7, 10), backing vocals (track 8) Alan Parsons - Projectron (tracks 1, 3-4, 6-7), Synthi-A Sequencer Programming (tracks 1, 8), acoustic guitar (track 5), vocoder (track 6), tape loops and effects (track 7), backing vocals (track 8) Duncan Mackay - keyboards (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10) B.J. Cole - steel guitar (track 8) Andrew Powell - Hammond B-3 organ (track 8) John Leach - cimbalom and kantele (tracks 1, 3) Lenny Zakatek, Allan Clarke, Steve Harley, Jack Harris, Peter Straker, Jaki Whitren, Dave Townsend, the English Chorale, the New Philharmonia Chorus - vocals Hilary Western - soprano vocals (track 1) Tony Rivers, John Perry and Stu Calver - backing vocals (tracks 3, 10) Produced and engineered by Alan Parsons, executive producer Eric Woolfson Orchestra and choir arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell _______________________________________________ I would love that spacey symphonic Floydian like of I Robot title track and super prog pop rock. And then yes Wouldn't Want To Be Like you too. Nice vocals from this singer in the band he had he would have of his big personnel. Some Other Time a mellow soft track and with vocals. Good Then Breakdown the other hit single. Love with his pick guitars and vocals harmonizing choir like. Love . Don't Let It Show another somber vocals and keyboards organ and very nice to listen to. Then The Voice is touches of funky and prog . and real great, Love it then Nucleus a nice good instrumental to like Then Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) Tranquil mover that is kind of Floyd like. Then Total Eclipse instrumental yep pretty cool then Genesis Ch 1 V.S 32 yes instrumental too that is to give the dawn to later. And the concept of the rise of machines and decline of man So eerie thinking today then nearly 50 years ago as this that well we must try to be able to work and have our society be accounted for all of mankind then to erase it. You want to be able to come up with a story then as to not be able to. And to care for those that are less unfortunate and keep things alive and well. So yea the enjoyment of listening sounding and all is great. The thinking of part of it is where the best of us have to be honest and make us all great, Then not at all. Take care and lets look out for one another. I love coming here and seeing a community. Love ya. TC Pete Hendrix Band Of Gypsys nice story and always thank you for all you do. It means a lot to have these music discussions. 👍- 🎶🎶❤🤗 🙏☮
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks yea the runny nose at times. And something I said that I see has been taking out from in the morning so I want peacefulness with all my social friends, TC see ya later
A friend of mine told me this story. He was listening to the radio program Metal Shop and he was listening to a song by a band named Judas Priest. At the end of the song he heard those screams and he knew he had to have the album Sad Wings Of Destiny right then. The only record store that had it was at the beach a 20 mile 30 minute drive at night so he made it right as they were closing.
Saw an interview with Steve Vai & Joe Satriani, and they were asked what they considered the greatest live guitar solo that they had heard, and they both said Machine Gun from the Band Of Gypsies album. They mentioned the fact that it was played just minutes into 1970, the gig started on new years eve, and that Hendrix only had so much guitar equipment available to him at that time compared to now, with guitars having inbuilt modifications & effects, but Hendrix's inventiveness & imagination & natural ability on guitar produced this masterpiece. He does things on the guitar on this number, live as well, that is just mind blowing. Nothing is gratuitous, no effects for the sake of effects, no showing off just to impress, every note played on this is relevant to the content of the song. Listen to what all the big guitarists at the same time were producing at that time, 1969 & the first minutes of 1970. They just didn't have the imagination, or creative impulse on the guitar to take it into a whole new stratosphere of sound & sonics. It truly is a mind blowing performance from the most influential rock guitarist of all time, as is Woodstock's ' Star Spangled Banner'. If you've not heard these two tracks, seek them out.
I remember when I was college, about 18 years old (circa 1992) I was listening to a lot of classic rock radio, learning some bands that I wasn't overly familiar with. Deep Purple was one of those bands - Smoke on the Water, Woman from Tokyo, Highway Star, Lazy, Space Truckin'. I started out with the Best of Deep Purple cd, but it quickly led to going out and gobbling up every Deep Purple album. It was fun because both my friend Scott and I were both discovering them at the same time and doing the same thing.
Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes By 1996, I was listening to some '70s American bands, like Steely Dan, Eagles and some Doobie Brothers. Little Feat was a group of which I'd probably read more than heard their actual songs, but I think I knew the 'usual suspects' "Willin'" and "Dixie Chicken". It was another song, though, that made me purchase their music. The radio station I usually listened to played the 10-minute "Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie" medley, and as a prog fan it impressed me, since it is quite a jammy piece. KA-CHING! My initial intention was to buy the album it was on first (Feats Don't Fail Me Now), but I don't think the record shop had that record, so I went with the CD that had the original versions of those songs, but separately; so, Sailin' Shoes it was. What a fun album! This is where Lowell George's influence is at his biggest, and that suits me just fine, since I think he always was the heart & soul of the group; by far the best singer and the most original songwriter. Favorite songs: "Easy to Slip", "Cold Cold Cold", "Trouble", "Willin'", the title track, "Got No Shadow" and "Texas Rose Café". Little Feat didn't immediately become my favorite band ever, but nowadays if push came to shove, I'd name them as the #1 band for me. The music is rootsy and groovy, and yet quirky enough to keep one's interest. Also, they had that heavy New Orleans influence (rhythmically etc), which is always a positive thing for me.
I've got a Hendrix story but with another album. Of course I knew Jimi too but until a friend played me the live album "The Jimi Hendrix Concerts" I wasn't a fan. This album is out of print unfortunately but what a great collection of live music.
That was a great live album Eric. The song “Hear My Train A Comin’” was from the Winterland shows that they released as a box set. But the song was cut down on the Concerts album. The editing was brilliant..,on the Winterland version there is a lot of Jimi noodling that was better edited out. But like you say the Concert cd is sadly out of print.
Hi Pete & everyone. Dave here. Yeah, Jimi's playing on Machine Gun is mesmerising. My story relates back to 2013 and a London gig. I had tickets to see Finland's Von Hertzen Brothers, who I had latched on to with their excellent Stars Aligned album and its follow up Nine Lives. But the story is more about the support act I didn't know at the time, but who also blew me away. It was local band, prog metallers HAKEN. Had to buy an album at the gig, and it was their debut AQUARIUS. It could have been Visions, as that second album was the one they were touring, but I asked the lady at their merch stall to choose for me, and she went with Aquarius. Maybe she was trying to shift stock, or maybe it was her genuine favourite, but when I got it home I had no reqrets. I have followed the band off and on ever since, and particularly like The Mountain and their latest Fauna, but I think it's their debut I return to most, and if pressed for a favourite track, it would be Celestial Elixir.
My 30th story - In May 1987 I started working (I am still at the same company, but for 3 years I was doing something else) and in September 1987 I had my first business trip abroad, even that was for educational purposes. Destination: Munich, Germany. There was a great, large shop selling albums and cassettes (and at that time, some CDs), WOM (World of Music), just off the Marienplatz, the very city center of Munich. i know that there were huge staircase leading to the basement, but later on I could not recognize where the shop was (does not exist for many years). My first album that I bought abroad after I started working was Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse Of Reason. Their first in many, many years, Waters was out and even Rick Wright was hired musician, not a member of the group. Being my favorite group, I had no reasons against buying it. And I liked it, still do and I do not think it is a bad album, classic PF album surely not, but intereeting enough to keep it listening every once in a while.
Grade Nine. Me and my old buddy cullin. Skip last period and go to his place. Toke up and play some road hockey. Afterwards we order pizza and he tells me he has an album by this older band that his dad gave him recently...from back in the day. He puts it on. We smoke some more and my journey into metal became an obsession. It's still if not my favorite live album it is most definitely in the top three ( live after death) brain shattering experience. The twin soloing did it for me. And that amazing voice!
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Day 30 My story today is about Elvis Presley’s album called “Pure Gold”. This album came out in 1975. A college friend gave this album to me as a birthday present. We were still going to college in Boston studying to be graphic artists. Today this album has a lot of great college memories with it that I haven’t forgotten. All the partying that we used to do while in college and listening to all the different kinds of music that we had and our friends had. I still have this album in LP format. I still keep in touch with a lot of my college friends. My favorite songs on this album are “Kentucky Rain”, “In the Getto”, “Jailhouse Rock”, “All Shook Up”, and “Don’t Be Cruel”.
Hi Melanie, I have a Greatest Hits double CD at home (well, my wife dies to be accurate), and that's enough for me with Elvis if I'm honest. I get his influence and popularity, but I can't get too excited about him really.
Pick #30: Haken's The Mountain. The first album I had listened to from start to finish by Haken. So I am guilty from time to time of listening to albums while multitasking on work or videos about subjects that tend to interest me. It's hard to 100% remember which video I was watching but as soon as The Path and Atlas Stone started playing, I immediately decided I had to get away from whatever it was I was watching and give The Mountain my undivided attention. I regret that I didn't get into Haken much sooner than I did because now they're probably somewhere in my Top 10 Bands of the 2010s. #1: The Who's Tommy (1969) #2: RX Bandits' ...And the Battle Begun (2006) #3: Metallica's ...And Justice For All (1988) #4: Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979) #5: Daft Punk's Alive 2007 #6: Yes's Close to the Edge (1972) #7: Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) #8: Arcade Fire's Funeral (2004) #9: Silverchair's Diorama (2002) #10: Green Day's American Idiot (2004) #11: The Killers' Hot Fuss (2004) #12: Death's Symbolic (1995) #13: Radiohead's Kid A (2000) #14: Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns (2010) #15: Muse's Origin of Symmetry (2001) #16: Tool's Lateralus (2001) #17: Opeth's Blackwater Park (2001) #18: Rush's Grace Under Pressure (1984) #19: Rainbow's Rising (1976) #20: Black Sabbath's Mob Rules (1981) #21: Kansas's Leftoverture (1976) #22: Pearl Jam's Ten (1991) #23: Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole (1997) #24: Talking Heads' Remain In Light (1980) #25A: Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #25B: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's Nonagon Infinity (2016) #26: Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #27: Faith No More's Angel Dust (1992) #28A: The Beatles' White Album (1968) #28B: The Beatles' Abbey Road (1969) #29: The Naked and Famous's Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010) #30: Haken's The Mountain (2013)
30th. When I finally got quicker download speed (took about 2 minutes to save a 4 minute song) 2009! Started searching for all things Hard N Heavy. I added about 3000 songs to my inventory. Annihilator and Racer X my good finds amongst the Rock rubble. Course I finally got a virus in my computer. Microsoft only charge me $129 bucks to clean it. 23cents a song. Not too shabby. Oh the days of the cyber Wild West frontier! Some of the songs were choppy or missing parts but it was an adventure. Proceeded back to the BMG club to get some CDs after the virus hit.
My Day 30 pick One-X the second studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, released on June 13, 2006 as their sole album under Sony BMG, the successor to Sony Music Entertainment's original roots and Bertelsmann Music Group. The Sony BMG joint venture was dropped in 2008, which led to Bertelsmann's Sony BMG stake going back to Sony. Produced by Howard Benson, it is the band's first album recorded as a quartet,[4] as Barry Stock joined the group and took over lead guitar from lead singer Adam Gontier. Animal I have Become the first song I ever heard from them… I think I was about 8 years old when I heard it, and it opened me up to what I listen to now. For that reason, it’s my all time favorite song. The song alongside "Riot" are used in the video game, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007. It is the band's first single with their fourth member Barry Stock. Critical reception to the song was generally favorable, with emphasis on the song's catchiness combined with its thick guitars. This, Dear Agony and Phobia by Breaking Benjamin, and Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park are my favorite albums of all time. Track listing edit Standard edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "It's All Over" Adam GontierNeil SandersonBrad WalstBarry Stock 2. "Pain" GontierSandersonWalstStockGavin Brown 3. "Animal I Have Become" GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown 4. "Never Too Late" GontierSandersonB. WalstBrown 5. "On My Own" GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown 6. "Riot" GontierSandersonWalstStock 7. "Get Out Alive" GontierSandersonWalstStock 8. "Let It Die" GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown 9. "Over and Over" GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown 10. "Time of Dying" GontierSandersonWalstStock 11. "Gone Forever" GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown 12. "One-X" GontierSandersonWalstStock There's another song for this album called "Running Away" that seemed to be released as a bonus track and I didn't know about it till years later after I started listening to TDG. It's on RUclips and other places I'm sure. You should check out Saint Asonia. Adam's band now. 2 albums in. I assume you haven't heard about SA, but if I'm wrong, well shoot. Charts edit Weekly charts edit Chart (2006-08) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[42] 2 US Billboard 200[43] 5 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[44] 2 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[45] 15 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[46] 5 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[47] 13 Year-end charts edit Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200[48] 172 Chart (2007) Position US Billboard 200[49] 83 Chart (2008) Position US Billboard 200[50] 106 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[51] 14 Chart (2017) Position US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[52] 35 Chart (2018) Position US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[53] 32 Chart (2019) Position US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[54] 30 Chart (2020) Position US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[55] 29 Chart (2021) Position US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[56] 26 Chart (2022) Position US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[57] 21 Chart (2023) Position US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[58] 29 Chart (2024) Position US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[59] 22 Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units/sales Canada (Music Canada)[5] 3× Platinum 300,000‡ New Zealand (RMNZ)[8] Gold 7,500‡ United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 60,000‡ United States (RIAA)[6] 3× Platinum 3,000,000‡
Day30-Savatage-Gutter Ballet. 1991 practicing for a show on a Saturday night,our bassist Glen puts on this band by the name of Savatage. I don’t remember hearing anything by them. He plays the cassette tape of Gutter Ballet. I liked it from the start,until the second song,which was the title track was awesome. Great piano in beginning,great guitar and vocals. I said to myself who is this guitarist, he’s fantastic. Loved his acoustical bit in Silk and Steel. I bought the album shortly after hearing it. I love everything Savatage has done,even the later stuff without Criss Oliva(RIP). Trans Siberian Orchestra is a sister band to Savatage, they’re also great.
Desolation Boulevard- Sweet 1986-87 I always used to see an all female cover band in the New York State area called Mean Streak who always covered No You Dont. I was never a follower of Sweet so I assumed it might be an original since Mean Streaks lead singer Bettina sang the hell out of this great song. I happened to be at my local record store and flipped through the S section and came upon this album. I looked at the track listing and saw No You Dont on it. I bought the album for Fox On The Run and to my surprise I was surprised that No You Dont was done by Sweet although Mean Streak did a better cover of the song. Still enjoyed this great album and band.
I take rock music seriously. I take hard rock music very seriously. I am a serious fan of heavy metal. When This Is Spinal Tap premiered, all that seriousness got a very enjoyable tweak. I forever thank Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and all those drummers for sending up in fine fashion the genres closest to my heart. There was a rumor going around that a big-name hard rock act had walked out somewhat miffed at a showing of the film; some said it was the Scorpions. If that is true, they should learn not to take themselves too seriously. I consider the songs on the TIST soundtrack to be an integral part of the foundational enshrinement of heavy music and its culture. It goes to eleven.
Burinin' Sky, Bad Co. Returned from living abroad and this album had just come out. Had already got their first three albums. Loved this album and it reminds me of my extended family as I hadn't seen them for three years or so. Not sure why they included Everything I Need as I've always thought it a bit rubbish. Still, great album and fond memories.
Bachman ... Any Road In the nineties I became financially stable and wanted to catch up with my favorite bands in a hurry. This required going through the budget bins around town, which to me is a bit more fun to do. I traveled to the other side of town to what was marketed as the largest shopping mall in the world at the time it opened. In a few years after this visit, it would decline and close. A former friend of mine in commercial real estate had been involved in redeveloping the site. It is now an Amazon distribution center (ironically, perhaps). I went up an escalator to a chain record store. There, in the budget bin, I found Randy Bachman's Any Road album, the only physical copy of it I have ever remember seeing It did come out at the height of grunge. It was on an independent label, Guitar Recordings. Was that one of Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records sublabels? A Google search could not quite pin that down, but it implied it. Damn shame. It is one of Randy Bachman's best albums across the entirety of his career with Bachman-Turner Overdrive, the Guess Who, and other projects. The riffs compare to the best Bachman-Turner Overdrive albums from the seventies. It is more polished with female backing vocals and his son Tal. Neil Young pops in to guest on the opening and closing song Prairie Town about their shared Canadian roots playing there. A Bachman-Turner Overdrive collection is not complete without Bachman's Any Road, I say.
Two of the greatest musical moments in my life. Buying Band of Gypsies and Lark’s Tongues in Aspic without hearing them, because they looked interesting. Then hearing Machine Gun and Lark’s Tongues part 1. Sitting there saying to myself “what the hell is this”.
Knew Jimi as I flipped pages of something like Life Magazine Recounts the 60's but the psychedelic picture of him burned into my synapses. One other not-so-oldster at that family reunion, and we went to record store and speaking of amazing guitarists I bought the brand new Van Halen 1984. That cousin would soon be driving different touring bands' equipment city to city. Maybe still does.
Also one if my favorite Hendrix lps. Check out Hendrix Filmore which is an expanded version of Band of Gypsies. I have both and both are great. As is isle of Wite
Day 30. Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams I had a friend of mine who managed a record store where I grew up. His name was Jim, and he was a Nam vet and resembled Freewheelin' Franklin of the Freak Bros., cowboy hat and all. When this record came into the store he gave me a beer and we sat to down to listen to it. I had never really heard Waylon before but this was amazing. What a voice and with plenty of soul. Hey Jim, thanks lots for this and RIP brother. 1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 2. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 3. Steppenwolf - S/T 4. Mason Proffit - Wanted 5. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson 6. Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head 7. The Doors - S/T 8. Bride - Scarecrow Messiah 9. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments 10. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - On Tour 11. Tower of Power - East Bay Grease 12. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West 13. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills 14. Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers 15. John Michael Talbot - The Lord's Supper 16. X - Lost Angeles 17. Govt. Mule - Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends 18. Elvin Bishop - Rock My Soul 19. Iron City Houserockers - Have a Good Time.... But Get Out Alive! 20. The Choir - Circle Slide 21. MC5 - Heavy Lifting 22. Skillet - Ardent Worship 23. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation 24. Television - Marquee Moon 25. Fats Domino - Christmas Is a Special Day 26. The Stooges - Fun House 27. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity with Julie Driscoll - Streetnoise 28. Tim Buckey - Lorca 29. Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You 30. Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams
The Smiths Meat is Murder. Throughout the 80s i heard of the Sniths and How soon is now? In 1990 i was listening to New Wave/Alternative Rock station WLIR/WDRE and i started hearing more of the Smiths . Bought Meat is murder because of How soon is now? Regretted that i didnt became a fan in the 80s when they were a functioning band . Some bands are just not meant to reform .
The NYC Chronicles: 2001-2004 The Strokes - Is This It (2001) Man some people sure love to hate The Strokes. Sure, if you look too closely at their privileged nepo baby backgrounds, it doesn't seem so rock 'n' roll. And yet it is -- rock history is littered with sons and daughters of broadway legends, movie stars and high powered executives. I had no preconceptions other than some early buzz from the UK, since they released their album and toured there months before the U.S. release. I snagged an import copy at Evil Clown records up the block from me, and I freakin' lost my mind. I hadn't had an album have such immediate impact on first play since, well, maybe Neutral Milk Hotel, not that long ago. It's simple stuff, but the songs hold up, and I still love it, even if they could never repeat that magic again. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002) New York City was on a roll. There were plenty of great albums from Sigur Rós, Trail of Dead, N*E*R*D, Sleater-Kinney, Spoon and QOTSA, but again, with Interpol's debut I was whalloped with all the right pleasure buttons being pressed all at once -- Joy Division, Comsat Angels, The Chameleons. All the best parts of my favorite post-punk and jangle pop bands rolled into one sleek, gleaming new band. The lyrics were kind of dumb, but good think I could give flying Fs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003) Yeah I know, the third year in a row with a NYC indie/punk band. I have to include this one or I'll be in trouble. I was a fan of their EP last year, and on their first tour before even an album out, they sold out the Empty Bottle. Anticipation was high for the album debut and what an eventful week. The album came out April 29, and I loved it, then saw them at the Metro the next night. That weekend on a first date I played part of it. Years later we got married, and one of our songs played at the wedding was "Maps." She was always kind of mad that our song became so popular. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004) Yep, another NYC band. I can't help it, they were one of my favorites for the decade. I did also first hear Swedish bands Dungen and Witchcraft, but again, I was highly anticipating this album ahead of time after their brilliant Young Liars EP, which appropriately covers The Pixies' "Mr Grieves" -- another band that released an impressive EP before an even more amazing debut album. I realized I recognized singer Tunde Adebimpe from my favorite indie movie of 2001, Jump Tomorrow. My friend John Kimbrough did the soundtrack, and Adebimpe would go on to be in a bunch of movies, and still is. Anyway, they were total originals, killed it live, and should have been bigger than they were. After nearly a decade away they're doing a tour for the 20th anniversary reissue of this album, and while Tunde has a solo album coming next, hopefully there will also be new TVOTR.
It was 1974 and my car was getting inspected,so the mechanic let me use his car until mine was done and when I started the car he already had 8 track player on and out of the speakers was the sound of the 1st KISS album. Had it in 8 track,cassette,album and CD. A true rock classic.
@@kingmrfone5604 Wow, Double Lucky, Mr.
Good story King that was a great album
Story is about Status Quos 5th album released in 1972 on Vertigo Records. They were well into their new career as a Boogie Blues Rock band. Up to Piledriver i admit i only heard the single Pictures Of Matchstick Men. I was browsing through records at my favorite place and came across this album with a cool picture of 3 guitar players on the cover i flipped it over and noticed they played my favorite Doors song Roadhouse Blues. I took a chance and bought It and it was a good one. Other songs i like are Dont Waste My Time. Oh Baby. Big Fat Mama and Paper Plane.
Fantastic album, Dennis!
Thank you ramon
@@dennisstratton6508 hi Dennis. Interesting story
Thank you melanie
Three guitar players when did they have that change?
Watching Pete’s SoT episode - An Italian Progressive Rock Primer - 30 Must Hear Albums in 2019 helped me expand my knowledge and passion for Italian prog in all of it’s various sub-genres - RPI, Symphonic, etc. I have been exploring these bands from the 70s to modern day and purchasing CDs from various bands including PFM, Banco, Le Orme, Alphataurus, etc. Wanted to thank Pete for sharing his passion for these bands. Discovering early and modern Italian prog bands since then.
It was 11th grade. 1979. We all used to cruise around in my buddys car cuz he had a killer car stereo. So, i was in the backseat , where the huge speakers were. He said" heres a new tape i got. It just came out. The next sound i heard was the opening riff to Highway to hell. Played at an ear splitting decibal. Lol. Then the drums kicked in. Wow. The album blew me away, i bought it immediately. But my ears are still ringing from that 1st opening shot.
Great story Frankies great song to hear on a great stereo.
November, 2019:
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (CD)
First Thin Lizzy song I heard was The Boys Are Back in Town when I was young. The song appeared in various television commercials movies tv series and on the radio. I watched the Behind the Music Remastered of Thin Lizzy on VH1 Classic in 2013. I almost teared up when they talked about the final days of Phil Lynott. I got to learn a little bit about the band from this episode. During Thanksgiving break I went to my favorite record shop in Manassas VA Dragon Song LTD. I bought the first two Bad Company albums on Vinyl and then I bought Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’ on CD. I gave it a listen but I was only interested with ‘The Boys are Back in Town’ and then I listened to other songs and I kind of got into the other songs. Then a few months later, I discovered this channel and Pete was a die hard Lizzy fan so I watched ranking the album show of Thin Lizzy and that’s when I decided to get into Thin Lizzy. So thanks again Pete for getting me into another band. Since then I have dug deep into their other catalog.
Hey Kamran, excellent choice, one of the best bands to come from these islands I live on, and a year or so back were voted Ireland's best ever band, ahead of U2! Saw them 3 times and also Phil's last band Grand Slam - I even got to stutter a brief hello to him and shake his hand afterwards. I didn't wash it for 3 days!!!
Great education young man!
Pete. Fantastic story about Tom. Thanks for your time once again 👍💯
@@garyjoyce2160 Gary. I hope your daughter feels better soon. That’s a very low number to have. I do know about her problem because my husband has that same problem except he’s a 2. He was always getting too high. Over 400 at lot of times.
Thank you. Mel. Yes , it’s a daily thing and an inexact science. She’s one tough kid/ has never once complained. Enjoy day 👍💯
Surprised you last night didn’t I when I was on the chat. I just couldn’t stay awake any longer and had to go to sleep.
Gary. The hopes of daughter being well. And the best of health to you and yer family in the coming year, By the way tomorrow will be my 🎂 Bday. So see ya in the gallery hopefully in the morning, TC friend,
Jon. Thanks for the kind words. And. A Happy/ HEALTHY birthday 🎂 my friend. Enjoy!!!👍💯
Many of the albums I've mentioned this month come from bargain bins. There was nothing like taking home a record you didn't really know what to expect from and realize, when you put it on the turntable, that you have found a gem. Although some signs used to be a good omen, like the cover, the band's pictures and logo, their look (as far as possible from Duran Duran, Depeche Mode or Kajagoogoo's, in my case), and if there was no pictures, some familiar and respected name in the credits. In this case this sealed album with a cut corner met all expectations. I had never heard the band but had read about what a good guitarist a certain Ronnie Montrose was. The album in question was Jump on it. To this day my second favourite Montrose album, since it's impossible to surpass the debut, which I ordered shortly after by mail to England
Great story ramon good album.
@@dennisstratton6508 Hi Ramon, don't actually have Jump..., just the debut and Paper Money as hard copies, plus 1st 3 Gamma on vinyl...
@@dennisstratton6508 Thank you Dennis!
@@ramonace4770 your welcome ramon
@@iainhead9898 Hey Iain! I have all five Montrose albums, from the debut to Mean (1987), also Gamma's, in various formats. Jump on it on vinyl and CD, I love Bob James's voice, very different from Sammy Hagar's. He sang on two albums, Warner Bros. Presents Montrose! (1975) and Jump on it (1976), I like both more than Paper Money.
30. Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
I discovered this album very, very late. I’d seen the video for Last Plane Out a long time ago on RUclips and thought it was a very catchy song, but for whatever reason, I didn’t investigate any further. I knew there had been a lot of discussions about the late, great Kevin Gilbert, especially in prog circles, but didn’t really take interest until June of 2017, when I found this album at a flea market for a whopping $1! I snatched it up immediately when I saw it and it was the best dollar I ever spent!
I listened to it right after I bought it and was amazed at the songs and the production. Everything about this album is perfect to my ears! It’s total ear candy! It’s rock, it’s pop, there are some proggy bits, it’s a damn shame that this album wasn’t massive. I can’t really pick a favorite song because they are all so, so good. Not long after that, I went down the KG rabbit hole and to say that he was a musical genius is nothing short of an understatement. This is a definite desert island album for me, no question about it. It’s from 1990, but it sounds so fresh, it still sounds new. I’m not big on the cover, but what’s inside of it is infectious!
Excellent story, Josh. I have that album too, as it was recommended as an unsung power-pop album and I love power-pop.
Good morning (afternoon, evening or night), Pete. Back later for your tale for the day. Personal story today? Another multiple album yarn. Our town had several department stores and other places that sold records before the first mall opened with a specific record store. One of those places was a local stereo/music store nearby to the college campus in town. The place "caught" on fire - there were some who were suspicious of the event - but the owner put everything - instruments, stereo components, albums, etc. on sale. The issue was there could be no returns if the item(s) you bought were damaged beyond the ability to use or enjoy them. The oft-mentioned older brother and the guitar playing next door neighbor could hardly believe their luck. They wanted to go look primarily at guitars, amps and such. My thoughts turned to albums since my very limited mid-teen budget did not allow for lots of purchases. The whole place smelled of smoke but after waiting in line, we finally got in the store. I browsed the items as quickly as I could and though I already knew of many, had not heard the entire album from several. The albums chosen for purchase were LA Woman by the Doors; Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel; and - at long last - the multi-album set of All Things Must Pass by George Harrison that I had been wanting. It was hard not to pick others but spent almost down to the last cent of all the money I had at the time. Plastic wrap had protected the albums from any water damage though the plastic covers were damaged by smoke. But amazingly, each of the albums was in perfect listening condition - at least for the cheap portable [and first] stereo set I had at the time. Each became a classic over time and I still enjoy each though All Things Must Pass - at least the first two albums - likely gets played the most often. Thanks, Pete. Looking forward to your last two stories and starting 2025.
@@johnmichaelwilliams6694 hi John. Superb picks and article
Wow! Great Fire Sale!
That’s a great story John !
Hi John. That's a really interesting story and good album picks. I got all three of them at different times, too... with The Doors and Simon & Gafrunkel on my list on here. George Harrison's triple album followed years later.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks, Melanie.
Day 30......Back in 1978 I was living and working in London, UK and was sharing a small flat in Earl's Court. In my tiny room late each night I would listen to my transistor radio, and pull in a signal from the pirate ship "Radio Caroline" which was floating in international waters between the U.K. and the Netherlands. Caroline would play whole album sides, sometimes complete albums, and on one night I remember well, she played Pink Floyd's "Animals" in its entirety.
Up to that time I had been somewhat familiar with Floyd's DSOTM and WYWH, and though impressive and pleasant, never totally grabbed me. Animals was different.....those long songs with their dark Orwellian theme, and long Gilmour guitar solos, were right in my wheelhouse. And as I was living in London at the time, I recall having seen Battersea power station and area, the same image as on Animal's album cover, so it made it so much more real to me. Then later that exact same year in college, our assigned reading and study was of Orwell's "Animal Farm".
All those elements came together in such a way that left an indelible impact on me. My original vinyl LP album cover is proudly framed on my office wall. Every time I look at it, or every time I hear a track from Animals, whether Sheep, Pigs or Dogs; I am transported back in time to 1978 London. Another of my classic Time Machine trips.
@@garyh.238 hi Garyh. Interesting article and pick
@@garyh.238 hi garyh. Interesting article. I like Pink Floyd’s DSOTM.
@@garyh.238 hi garyh. Very interesting article and awesome pick. I love DSOTM and WYWH.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Melanie!
@@garyh.238 Hi Gary, great memories, Caroline was already history when I learned about it (sorry, showing my age there!) but it did music a great service at the time...
Hello everyone, posting early today as I'm going to be out of range for most of the day doing family stuff so don't know when I'll be able to react/reply, but I'll get there eventually!
Today's "story" is about what I think, on reflection, if asked on pain of death, would be my answer to the question: If the world was ending in an hour's time, what album would you choose to listen to one last time?
The best album ever made? Probably not, if I'm honest. The most important or influential? Almost definitely not. But the album which, when I first heard it, ticked every single box I wanted it to and, just as importantly still does today, over 35 years later? An album I never tire of hearing? Definitely. What can I tell you...?
It's a concept album, telling a story that actually makes sense if you follow it through, featuring only a small cast of characters with clearly defined roles. The spoken sections are kept to a bare minimum and are there purely to clarify and advance the narrative. Only two or three guest roles are allocated, the band's vocalist fulfilling the roles of narrator and main protagonist.
This will be the only band I feature more than once in a story this month... It was the band's 4th release, and I'd been a fan since track one of their debut outing; my love of their music had grown with each one, but even I wasn't prepared for how good this was.
Of course, regardless of how well imagined and structured the narrative, the songs themselves have to be just as good, and the 15 tracks on here, including the short instrumentals and atmospheric links, are exceptionally good from start to finish.
When the album was first released, I saw the band open for Metallica when, of course, they could only play some individual highlights, but I was able, later on, to see them play the whole album live from start to finish when, after playing half an hour of some of their other material, their lead singer announced that they were to play just one more thing...
"Ladies and gentlemen... Operation : Mindcrime"...
I remember now...
@@iainhead9898 hi Iain. Interesting story
Fantastic album Iain. I love 'Ryche's Op Mindcrime.....the riffs, the power, the theme...all epic. A fine one to have as your apocalyptic pick....mine is coming up tomorrow.
I had a feeling that was the answer, Sir Iain. The warm up song should have been 2 Minutes to Midnight!
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Melanie
@ you’re welcome Iain
Another great favorite album with Jimi Hendrix and the stories behind it
my cousin once had it Happy New Year Pete and SOT.🎶🎉📻🎉🎶
Love the Jimi Hendrix story Pete !
I got this Band of Gypsys as one of my three albums bought in 1973 after getting on from 8-track tapes.
In 1977 I was in the Navy hitching a ride home with a buddy of mine, and we played Jimi’s BOG with Bob Seger’s Night Moves in his car on 8-track. On both ends of the trip we constantly alternated between both of these recordings and it was an incredible memory. So I guess I heard “Machine Gun” about 6 or 7 times in a short span of time. It is truly one of the great performances of all time.
My story is about my cousin back in 1970 who turned me on to so much music that summer. He used to say “You want to hear some horn?”. Well that was Junior Walker & The All Stars greatest hits including “Shotgun”, “How Sweet it is(To Be Loved By You)”, “(I’m A)Road Runner)”, “Come See About Me” & a remarkable instrumental called “Cleo’s Mood”.
Junior Walker played Saxophone for all it’s worth !!
My cousin would say “You Want to hear some soul?”. And that would be Sam & Dave’s Greatest hits like “Hold On I’m Comin’”, “I Thank You” & “Soul Man”. A lot of these songs came from STAX records in Memphis with Booker T & the MG’s as the house band. Some of these tunes would be famous again when The Blues Brothers started up on Saturday Night Live.
But at a time when I was getting into the hard rock of The Who, Ten Years After, Grand Funk Railroad and Steppenwolf, these soulful recordings kept me balanced and liking many types of music. I think this musical diversity has helped me to be able to digest all the different styles of music presented here on SoT. And I am so thankful for my cousins insight all those many years ago.
@@richardbooth6063 hi Richard. Awesome article and fantastic picks.
@@melaniethurber5117Thanks Melanie
Great story richard. Its great to have variety in music. I cant listen to the same type all the time.
It was at the very beginning of April 1977, when I saw an album of a band, which had become highly popular at the time everywhere, and decided to buy it. It was
ABBA’s “Arrival”.
Yes, I knew they were a Swedish pop band, but they did the best and most diversified pop overall in the 70s and early 80s. Before I got the album, they have had 6 No. 1 hits in my home country in a row, with “S.O.S.”, “Mamma Mia”, “Fernando”, “Dancing Queen”, “Money Money Money” and “Knowing Me Knowing You”, the latter 3 all taken from this album (Fernando would be added to the CD issue I later got). From this point on, I became an ABBA fan for life. I got the album successor “The Album” the other year, and all what came before and after, including their latest album “Voyager” from 2021. At "The Album", the kinda lengthy opener "Eagle" might be the only song which has some tendencies to prog, and at side 2 the song "Hole In Your Soul" the only one on which they played hard rock. With these and a bundle of other songs, like "Thank You For The Music", this album is my favourite. It’s a pity that, after the two couples broke up, they soon felt that they could not get along together anymore. How much awesome stuff might have followed after the “Visitors” album, if they had continued with the band for another 5, 10 or even more years… --
A few days later, our economy class were on a 4 day school trip from Tuesday to Friday to Munich, which had been organized by our social studies teacher. It was a lot of fun. We had a guided tour, and have been at the 1972 olympic arena. Of course we were allowed to visit the popular “Hofbräuhaus”, where our clique, being Michael, Dieter, Rolf, Jürgen and myself sat around one table, and everyone ordered a Mass (= 1 liter jar) of beer. When the waitress brought the jars to us, Rolf complained that his jar was not adequate filled. The waitress just snappish said “Moanst?” (Bavarian dialect, = you think so?), then turned around and went to the next table (Rolf was aged 19 at the time, a very small guy, chubby, wearing glasses and looking more like 15. Visually, he was always underestimated to people who did not know him closer, but on the other hand he was actually very cool and smart, according to his age). We all had a good laugh about it, it had been a quite comical moment, and Rolf didn’t really care. (But in hindsight, I think that the waitresses' reaction and behaviour towards Rolf had been arrogant and disrespectful.)
During our stay in Munich, we had been in a youth hostel, with every 3 guys sharing a sleeping room. Besides Michael and myself, it was another class mate named Klaus. During our chats he told us that he would join the police after school, having already passed his tests and body examinations. Much time later, I was questioning myself, why someone visits economy school, to become a policeman afterwards. But then I thought he might just not have been able to find a more adequate job. I have not heard of him later anymore, but I hope he did well.
Before the last night, we had bought several bottles of coke and vodka, and the 6 of us, including the mentioned guys and myself, had decided together to stay up all night until morning and just drinking and chilling all the time, while we later could sleep in the bus during the trip home. I remember that I fell asleep at around 5 AM, and the other guys later said that it has been quite the same with themselves. Anyway, we managed to be at the breakfast room at 8 AM in time, but mostly were sleeping later in the bus on the homeward journey, indeed.
When I came home, I was very delighted to find another two new albums, which had arrived on the postal way in the meantime: Genesis’ “Wind And Wuthering”, and Uriah Heep’s “Firefly” album. This, along with the ABBA album, meant a lot of music watching pleasure for the upcoming days.
My school time albums discoveries, In chronogical order:
day 01: 07/1971 (fav) Led Zeppelin IV, (first) Led Zeppelin III
day 02: 08/1971 (fav) Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water
day 03: 09/1971 (fav) Atomic Rooster, In Hearing Of
day 04: 09/1971 (fav) Deep Purple In Rock, (first) Deep Purple, Fireball
day 05: 11/1971 (fav) Jethro Tull, Aqualung
day 06: 11/1971 (fav) Black Sabbath s/t, (first) Master Of Reality
day 07: 12/1971 Jesus Christ Superstar
day 08: 01/1972 (fav) Grand Funk, Phoenix, (first) Grand Funk, E Pluribus Funk
day 09: 03/1972 The Doors, L.A.Woman
day 10: 04/1972 Neil Young, Harvest
day 11: 06/1972 (fav) Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, (first) Pink Floyd, Meddle
day 12: 07/1972 (first/fav) Uriah Heep, Demons And Wizards ("Magician's Birthday" coming very close)
day 13: 07/1972 (first) Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus (fav, maybe) Trilogy
day 14: 09/1972 (first) Alice Cooper, School's Out (fav) Alice Cooper, Killer
day 15: 10/1972 (first) Moody Blues, A Question Of Balance (fav) Days Of Future Passed
day 16: 02/1973 (first) Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four (fav) Cat Stevens, Foreigner (because of the suite)
day 17: 03/1973 (first/fav) Yes, Close To The Edge
day 18: 07/1973 (first/fav) Ekseption 5
day 19: 10/1973 (first/fav) Stevie Wonder, Innervisions
day 20: 11/1973 (first/fav) The Who, Quadrophenia
day 21: 12/1973 (first/fav) Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
day 22: 07/1975 (first/fav) Supertramp, Crime Of The Century (close: Breakfast In America)
day 23: 02/1976 (first/fav) Queen, A Night At The Opera
day 24: 04/1976 (first) 10cc, The Original Soundtrack + How Dare You
day 25: 07/1976 (first) Genesis, A Trick Of The Tail, (fav) Selling England By The Pound
day 26: 09/1976 (first) King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King + Red
day 27: 09/1976 (first/fav) Rainbow, Rising
day 28: 10/1976 (first/fav) Barclay James Harvest, Octoberon (close: Time Honoured Ghosts)
day 29: 03/1977 (first/fav) Jean Michel Jarre, Oxygène
day 30: 04/1977 (first) ABBA, Arrival (fav) ABBA, The Album
@@FrankLang-i3n hi FrankLang. Excellent pick and story. My husband liked this band and had albums by ABBA.
Excellent story, Frank. Your school trip antics sound very familiar to me! My introduction to Abba was the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest which they won with Waterloo (despite the UK jury giving them Nul Points. Sheer jealousy, methinks!)
Very nice story, Frank. Just last night I watched documentsry on ABBA and to my surprise learned that Swedish audience was pretty much against ABBA from 1975 onwards, probably to 1980 or so. I had few cassettes and I bougth The Album album, which I traded with a classmate for his copy of Nuclear Nightclub by Wigwam. ABBA is favorite car drive band for my wife and me.
@@FrankLang-i3n Hi Frank I remember the Abba hits in the '70s on the radio but never would buy that. I like to get a kilo of Beer at the Mexican restaurant once a month, You ready to go?
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks a lot, Mel! You're welcome.
What a great story and good memories.
Great stuff band of gypsies were awesome
Day 30
The Yes album
I remember first getting fragile. After hearing roundabout on the radio for a while it's full version
But there were some songs on there when I was only about 17 that didn't do much for me.
Some of those classical infused pieces and things like that.
Heart of the sunrise was interesting but a little too proggy for me at the time.
But I remember when my local rock station started playing starship trooper in its entirety all three parts. And I really liked the length of it.
And then I would start to hear I've seen all good people your move.
Used record store found out what album it was on and got it used.
I remember the first time I dropped a needle on yours is no disgrace weekend another 9 minutes right there of just awesome jamming.
And it was pretty much at that point that I became a really big Yes fan to this day.
And owning the whole discography on CD
But this is another one of those albums that I pull out as soon as yours is no disgrace begins I have listened to the whole album all the way through perpetual change.
And of course through the years I've come to really love fragile and yes I'm a fan of tales also. Lol.
I like all of yes incarnations of the band through the years.
Good pick Kev. The Yes Album , Starship Trooper is on album I have 24 Electrifying Performances Heavy Metal 2 rec set vinyl I have You night remember that great good album. Yea I too had gotten Fragile first back in the day, TC Friend.
@@thedarkwizardroomCool Jon👍🏻
DAY 30-ALAN PARSONS PROJECT- I Robot (1977) Hi folks. Hope you are fine. Feeling off today. Well brace to give a story. I would hear a few of the tunes from this Alan Parsons album not knowing anything about him on radio . I would get the album though like when I would go to record store and get a used album some few years later like maybe in 80. or later but would have the vinyl in collection. I would at later time in the 90s and beyond listen to it and and my dad so loved the album that I let him have it along in his small jazz and music collection to listen to. He liked Wouldn't Want To Be Like You and The opener. Breakdown too and the whole album. And it would be Eye In The Sky album he would also like as well. I would get that and lend to him to his box. I have heard but didn't have the three albums that came after I would so love I Robot as was missing what a great album it was as I remembered. So then when I would be looking thru some albums some few years ago and would see it so I was to re get the album and on vinyl. Used also for real cheap. Good condition pawn shop for $4.00. Kept the price sticker on. This album by the way by introduction to Alan Parsons.
I Robot 606
I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You 319
Some Other Time 405
Breakdown 350
Don't Let It Show 421
The Voice 521
Nucleus 335
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) 343
Total Eclipse 305
Genesis Ch.1. V.32 337
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David Paton - bass (tracks 1-8, 10), acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 10), backing vocals (track 8)
Stuart Tosh - drums (tracks 1-8, 10), percussion (tracks 5-6), water gongs (track 7)
Ian Bairnson - electric and acoustic guitars (tracks 1-8, 10), backing vocals (track 8)
Eric Woolfson - clavinet (tracks 1, 3), Fender Rhodes (track 2), Wurlitzer (tracks 2, 4, 6), piano (tracks 3, 5, 8), organ (track 5), keyboards (tracks 7, 10), backing vocals (track 8)
Alan Parsons - Projectron (tracks 1, 3-4, 6-7), Synthi-A Sequencer Programming (tracks 1, 8), acoustic guitar (track 5), vocoder (track 6), tape loops and effects (track 7), backing vocals (track 8)
Duncan Mackay - keyboards (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10)
B.J. Cole - steel guitar (track 8)
Andrew Powell - Hammond B-3 organ (track 8)
John Leach - cimbalom and kantele (tracks 1, 3)
Lenny Zakatek, Allan Clarke, Steve Harley, Jack Harris, Peter Straker, Jaki Whitren, Dave Townsend, the English Chorale, the New Philharmonia Chorus - vocals
Hilary Western - soprano vocals (track 1)
Tony Rivers, John Perry and Stu Calver - backing vocals (tracks 3, 10)
Produced and engineered by Alan Parsons, executive producer Eric Woolfson
Orchestra and choir arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell
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I would love that spacey symphonic Floydian like of I Robot title track and super prog pop rock. And then yes Wouldn't Want To Be Like you too. Nice vocals from this singer in the band he had he would have of his big personnel. Some Other Time a mellow soft track and with vocals. Good Then Breakdown the other hit single. Love with his pick guitars and vocals harmonizing choir like. Love . Don't Let It Show another somber vocals and keyboards organ and very nice to listen to. Then The Voice is touches of funky and prog . and real great, Love it then Nucleus a nice good instrumental to like Then Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) Tranquil mover that is kind of Floyd like. Then Total Eclipse instrumental yep pretty cool then Genesis Ch 1 V.S 32 yes instrumental too that is to give the dawn to later. And the concept of the rise of machines and decline of man So eerie thinking today then nearly 50 years ago as this that well we must try to be able to work and have our society be accounted for all of mankind then to erase it. You want to be able to come up with a story then as to not be able to. And to care for those that are less unfortunate and keep things alive and well. So yea the enjoyment of listening sounding and all is great. The thinking of part of it is where the best of us have to be honest and make us all great, Then not at all. Take care and lets look out for one another. I love coming here and seeing a community. Love ya. TC
Pete Hendrix Band Of Gypsys nice story and always thank you for all you do. It means a lot to have these music discussions. 👍- 🎶🎶❤🤗 🙏☮
@@thedarkwizardroom hi Jon. Magnificent article and pick. Also Happy Birthday 🎁🎂🎉 for tomorrow.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Mel. C ya then.
@ you’re welcome Jon. Sorry you’re not feeling well today. You’re almost a New Years baby.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks yea the runny nose at times. And something I said that I see has been taking out from in the morning so I want peacefulness with all my social friends, TC see ya later
A friend of mine told me this story. He was listening to the radio program Metal Shop and he was listening to a song by a band named Judas Priest. At the end of the song he heard those screams and he knew he had to have the album Sad Wings Of Destiny right then. The only record store that had it was at the beach a 20 mile 30 minute drive at night so he made it right as they were closing.
Saw an interview with Steve Vai & Joe Satriani, and they were asked what they considered the greatest live guitar solo that they had heard, and they both said Machine Gun from the Band Of Gypsies album. They mentioned the fact that it was played just minutes into 1970, the gig started on new years eve, and that Hendrix only had so much guitar equipment available to him at that time compared to now, with guitars having inbuilt modifications & effects, but Hendrix's inventiveness & imagination & natural ability on guitar produced this masterpiece. He does things on the guitar on this number, live as well, that is just mind blowing. Nothing is gratuitous, no effects for the sake of effects, no showing off just to impress, every note played on this is relevant to the content of the song. Listen to what all the big guitarists at the same time were producing at that time, 1969 & the first minutes of 1970. They just didn't have the imagination, or creative impulse on the guitar to take it into a whole new stratosphere of sound & sonics. It truly is a mind blowing performance from the most influential rock guitarist of all time, as is Woodstock's ' Star Spangled Banner'. If you've not heard these two tracks, seek them out.
I remember when I was college, about 18 years old (circa 1992) I was listening to a lot of classic rock radio, learning some bands that I wasn't overly familiar with. Deep Purple was one of those bands - Smoke on the Water, Woman from Tokyo, Highway Star, Lazy, Space Truckin'. I started out with the Best of Deep Purple cd, but it quickly led to going out and gobbling up every Deep Purple album. It was fun because both my friend Scott and I were both discovering them at the same time and doing the same thing.
The mighty Purple! A huge catalogue to discover!
@@stevenbruno2752 hi Steven. Fantastic article and pick
@@stevenbruno2752 hi Steven. Interesting article and awesome pick
Great story steven best of anybody is a good starting point in collecting.
@@garyh.238 Yes - it was a lot of fun at the time, Gary!
Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes
By 1996, I was listening to some '70s American bands, like Steely Dan, Eagles and some Doobie Brothers. Little Feat was a group of which I'd probably read more than heard their actual songs, but I think I knew the 'usual suspects' "Willin'" and "Dixie Chicken". It was another song, though, that made me purchase their music. The radio station I usually listened to played the 10-minute "Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie" medley, and as a prog fan it impressed me, since it is quite a jammy piece. KA-CHING! My initial intention was to buy the album it was on first (Feats Don't Fail Me Now), but I don't think the record shop had that record, so I went with the CD that had the original versions of those songs, but separately; so, Sailin' Shoes it was. What a fun album! This is where Lowell George's influence is at his biggest, and that suits me just fine, since I think he always was the heart & soul of the group; by far the best singer and the most original songwriter. Favorite songs: "Easy to Slip", "Cold Cold Cold", "Trouble", "Willin'", the title track, "Got No Shadow" and "Texas Rose Café".
Little Feat didn't immediately become my favorite band ever, but nowadays if push came to shove, I'd name them as the #1 band for me. The music is rootsy and groovy, and yet quirky enough to keep one's interest. Also, they had that heavy New Orleans influence (rhythmically etc), which is always a positive thing for me.
Great story askoholli. Love Little Feat just got Sams Place by Little Feat for Christmas
I've got a Hendrix story but with another album. Of course I knew Jimi too but until a friend played me the live album "The Jimi Hendrix Concerts" I wasn't a fan. This album is out of print unfortunately but what a great collection of live music.
That was a great live album Eric.
The song “Hear My Train A Comin’” was from the Winterland shows that they released as a box set. But the song was cut down on the Concerts album. The editing was brilliant..,on the Winterland version there is a lot of Jimi noodling that was better edited out. But like you say the Concert cd is sadly out of print.
Hi Pete & everyone. Dave here. Yeah, Jimi's playing on Machine Gun is mesmerising. My story relates back to 2013 and a London gig. I had tickets to see Finland's Von Hertzen Brothers, who I had latched on to with their excellent Stars Aligned album and its follow up Nine Lives. But the story is more about the support act I didn't know at the time, but who also blew me away. It was local band, prog metallers HAKEN. Had to buy an album at the gig, and it was their debut AQUARIUS. It could have been Visions, as that second album was the one they were touring, but I asked the lady at their merch stall to choose for me, and she went with Aquarius. Maybe she was trying to shift stock, or maybe it was her genuine favourite, but when I got it home I had no reqrets. I have followed the band off and on ever since, and particularly like The Mountain and their latest Fauna, but I think it's their debut I return to most, and if pressed for a favourite track, it would be Celestial Elixir.
@@gaiaeternal5131 hi Dave. Interesting article
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks, Melanie.
@@gaiaeternal5131 Hi Dave, great band, I wasn't really up with them until Affinity, weirdly, but soon made up for lost time!
@ you’re welcome Dave
@@iainhead9898 Yes, they are. Thanks, Iain.
Great choice today.Always loved his playing on Band of Gypsies.Probably my favorite Hendrix album with the debut a close second.
My 30th story - In May 1987 I started working (I am still at the same company, but for 3 years I was doing something else) and in September 1987 I had my first business trip abroad, even that was for educational purposes. Destination: Munich, Germany. There was a great, large shop selling albums and cassettes (and at that time, some CDs), WOM (World of Music), just off the Marienplatz, the very city center of Munich. i know that there were huge staircase leading to the basement, but later on I could not recognize where the shop was (does not exist for many years). My first album that I bought abroad after I started working was Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse Of Reason. Their first in many, many years, Waters was out and even Rick Wright was hired musician, not a member of the group. Being my favorite group, I had no reasons against buying it. And I liked it, still do and I do not think it is a bad album, classic PF album surely not, but intereeting enough to keep it listening every once in a while.
@@zlatanfilipovic8798 hi Zlatan. Interesting article
@melaniethurber5117 Thank you Melanie
Good story zlatan Pink Floyd have some good albums for sure my friend had them all. So i never really had to buy them.
@@dennisstratton6508Thank you Dennis
@@zlatanfilipovic8798 your welcome zlatan
Grade Nine. Me and my old buddy cullin. Skip last period and go to his place. Toke up and play some road hockey. Afterwards we order pizza and he tells me he has an album by this older band that his dad gave him recently...from back in the day. He puts it on. We smoke some more and my journey into metal became an obsession. It's still if not my favorite live album it is most definitely in the top three ( live after death) brain shattering experience. The twin soloing did it for me. And that amazing voice!
That's an amazing and important album!
🌠GOOD STORY PETE ..YEAH .MACHINE IS ..THE ONE ..PURE MAGIC ..JIMI WAS IN THE ZONE ...OFF THE CHARTS GOOD...PLUS ITSA NEW YEARS EVE SHOW ...WE'RE COMING UP ON NEW YEARS EVE..& AN NYC SHOW OF COURSE..U ROCK PETE ...!!!
Day 30
My story today is about Elvis Presley’s album called “Pure Gold”. This album came out in 1975. A college friend gave this album to me as a birthday present. We were still going to college in Boston studying to be graphic artists. Today this album has a lot of great college memories with it that I haven’t forgotten. All the partying that we used to do while in college and listening to all the different kinds of music that we had and our friends had. I still have this album in LP format. I still keep in touch with a lot of my college friends. My favorite songs on this album are “Kentucky Rain”, “In the Getto”, “Jailhouse Rock”, “All Shook Up”, and “Don’t Be Cruel”.
Hi Melanie, I have a Greatest Hits double CD at home (well, my wife dies to be accurate), and that's enough for me with Elvis if I'm honest. I get his influence and popularity, but I can't get too excited about him really.
@ thanks Iain
Good pick, Melanie. Can't go wrong with the King.
@@rickmay6932 thanks Rick
Morning, Melanie. The younger sister grew up and remains a huge Elvis fan so Elvis was in constant play at the family home. Great choice and story.
Pick #30: Haken's The Mountain. The first album I had listened to from start to finish by Haken. So I am guilty from time to time of listening to albums while multitasking on work or videos about subjects that tend to interest me. It's hard to 100% remember which video I was watching but as soon as The Path and Atlas Stone started playing, I immediately decided I had to get away from whatever it was I was watching and give The Mountain my undivided attention. I regret that I didn't get into Haken much sooner than I did because now they're probably somewhere in my Top 10 Bands of the 2010s.
#1: The Who's Tommy (1969)
#2: RX Bandits' ...And the Battle Begun (2006)
#3: Metallica's ...And Justice For All (1988)
#4: Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979)
#5: Daft Punk's Alive 2007
#6: Yes's Close to the Edge (1972)
#7: Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
#8: Arcade Fire's Funeral (2004)
#9: Silverchair's Diorama (2002)
#10: Green Day's American Idiot (2004)
#11: The Killers' Hot Fuss (2004)
#12: Death's Symbolic (1995)
#13: Radiohead's Kid A (2000)
#14: Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns (2010)
#15: Muse's Origin of Symmetry (2001)
#16: Tool's Lateralus (2001)
#17: Opeth's Blackwater Park (2001)
#18: Rush's Grace Under Pressure (1984)
#19: Rainbow's Rising (1976)
#20: Black Sabbath's Mob Rules (1981)
#21: Kansas's Leftoverture (1976)
#22: Pearl Jam's Ten (1991)
#23: Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
#24: Talking Heads' Remain In Light (1980)
#25A: Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
#25B: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's Nonagon Infinity (2016)
#26: Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
#27: Faith No More's Angel Dust (1992)
#28A: The Beatles' White Album (1968)
#28B: The Beatles' Abbey Road (1969)
#29: The Naked and Famous's Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)
#30: Haken's The Mountain (2013)
Excellent album! Not sure why I took so long to get into Haken, Affinity was the first one I really latched onto, but I quickly made up for lost time!
Nice one, Harizon. I have a Haken story today too.
30th. When I finally got quicker download speed
(took about 2 minutes to save a 4 minute song) 2009!
Started searching
for all things Hard N Heavy.
I added about 3000 songs to my inventory. Annihilator and Racer X my good finds amongst the Rock rubble.
Course I finally got a virus in my computer. Microsoft only charge me $129 bucks to clean it. 23cents a song.
Not too shabby. Oh the days of the cyber Wild West frontier! Some of the songs were choppy or missing parts but it was an adventure. Proceeded back to the BMG club to get some CDs after the virus hit.
@@ziggyzagzi8017 hi Ziggy. Interesting article
@@ziggyzagzi8017 hi Ziggy. Interesting article.
@melaniethurber5117 Great day in the morning Melanie Thanks
@ you’re welcome Ziggy
Hi Ziggy. Interesting story. 3000 songs is a lot... I have just around 800 saved on my stick.
My Day 30 pick One-X the second studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, released on June 13, 2006 as their sole album under Sony BMG, the successor to Sony Music Entertainment's original roots and Bertelsmann Music Group. The Sony BMG joint venture was dropped in 2008, which led to Bertelsmann's Sony BMG stake going back to Sony. Produced by Howard Benson, it is the band's first album recorded as a quartet,[4] as Barry Stock joined the group and took over lead guitar from lead singer Adam Gontier.
Animal I have Become the first song I ever heard from them… I think I was about 8 years old when I heard it, and it opened me up to what I listen to now. For that reason, it’s my all time favorite song. The song alongside "Riot" are used in the video game, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007. It is the band's first single with their fourth member Barry Stock. Critical reception to the song was generally favorable, with emphasis on the song's catchiness combined with its thick guitars. This, Dear Agony and Phobia by Breaking Benjamin, and Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park are my favorite albums of all time.
Track listing
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Standard edition
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "It's All Over"
Adam GontierNeil SandersonBrad WalstBarry Stock
2. "Pain"
GontierSandersonWalstStockGavin Brown
3. "Animal I Have Become"
GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown
4. "Never Too Late"
GontierSandersonB. WalstBrown
5. "On My Own"
GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown
6. "Riot"
GontierSandersonWalstStock
7. "Get Out Alive"
GontierSandersonWalstStock
8. "Let It Die"
GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown
9. "Over and Over"
GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown
10. "Time of Dying"
GontierSandersonWalstStock
11. "Gone Forever"
GontierSandersonWalstStockBrown
12. "One-X"
GontierSandersonWalstStock
There's another song for this album called "Running Away" that seemed to be released as a bonus track and I didn't know about it till years later after I started listening to TDG. It's on RUclips and other places I'm sure. You should check out Saint Asonia. Adam's band now. 2 albums in. I assume you haven't heard about SA, but if I'm wrong, well shoot.
Charts
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Weekly charts
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Chart (2006-08) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[42] 2
US Billboard 200[43] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[44] 2
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[45] 15
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[46] 5
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[47] 13
Year-end charts
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Chart (2006) Position
US Billboard 200[48] 172
Chart (2007) Position
US Billboard 200[49] 83
Chart (2008) Position
US Billboard 200[50] 106
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[51] 14
Chart (2017) Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[52] 35
Chart (2018) Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[53] 32
Chart (2019) Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[54] 30
Chart (2020) Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[55] 29
Chart (2021) Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[56] 26
Chart (2022) Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[57] 21
Chart (2023) Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[58] 29
Chart (2024) Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[59] 22
Certifications
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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[5] 3× Platinum 300,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[8] Gold 7,500‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[6] 3× Platinum 3,000,000‡
Day30-Savatage-Gutter Ballet. 1991 practicing for a show on a Saturday night,our bassist Glen puts on this band by the name of Savatage. I don’t remember hearing anything by them. He plays the cassette tape of Gutter Ballet. I liked it from the start,until the second song,which was the title track was awesome. Great piano in beginning,great guitar and vocals. I said to myself who is this guitarist, he’s fantastic. Loved his acoustical bit in Silk and Steel. I bought the album shortly after hearing it. I love everything Savatage has done,even the later stuff without Criss Oliva(RIP). Trans Siberian Orchestra is a sister band to Savatage, they’re also great.
Desolation Boulevard- Sweet
1986-87 I always used to see an all female cover band in the New York State area called Mean Streak who always covered No You Dont. I was never a follower of Sweet so I assumed it might be an original since Mean Streaks lead singer Bettina sang the hell out of this great song. I happened to be at my local record store and flipped through the S section and came upon this album. I looked at the track listing and saw No You Dont on it. I bought the album for Fox On The Run and to my surprise I was surprised that No You Dont was done by Sweet although Mean Streak did a better cover of the song. Still enjoyed this great album and band.
I take rock music seriously. I take hard rock music very seriously. I am a serious fan of heavy metal. When This Is Spinal Tap premiered, all that seriousness got a very enjoyable tweak. I forever thank Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and all those drummers for sending up in fine fashion the genres closest to my heart. There was a rumor going around that a big-name hard rock act had walked out somewhat miffed at a showing of the film; some said it was the Scorpions. If that is true, they should learn not to take themselves too seriously. I consider the songs on the TIST soundtrack to be an integral part of the foundational enshrinement of heavy music and its culture. It goes to eleven.
Burinin' Sky, Bad Co. Returned from living abroad and this album had just come out. Had already got their first three albums. Loved this album and it reminds me of my extended family as I hadn't seen them for three years or so. Not sure why they included Everything I Need as I've always thought it a bit rubbish. Still, great album and fond memories.
Great story Pete."Band of Gypsys" is a great live album.
@@danielfuentes3226 hi Daniel
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Bachman ... Any Road
In the nineties I became financially stable and wanted to catch up with my favorite bands in a hurry. This required going through the budget bins around town, which to me is a bit more fun to do.
I traveled to the other side of town to what was marketed as the largest shopping mall in the world at the time it opened. In a few years after this visit, it would decline and close. A former friend of mine in commercial real estate had been involved in redeveloping the site. It is now an Amazon distribution center (ironically, perhaps).
I went up an escalator to a chain record store. There, in the budget bin, I found Randy Bachman's Any Road album, the only physical copy of it I have ever remember seeing
It did come out at the height of grunge. It was on an independent label, Guitar Recordings. Was that one of Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records sublabels? A Google search could not quite pin that down, but it implied it.
Damn shame. It is one of Randy Bachman's best albums across the entirety of his career with Bachman-Turner Overdrive, the Guess Who, and other projects.
The riffs compare to the best Bachman-Turner Overdrive albums from the seventies. It is more polished with female backing vocals and his son Tal. Neil Young pops in to guest on the opening and closing song Prairie Town about their shared Canadian roots playing there.
A Bachman-Turner Overdrive collection is not complete without Bachman's Any Road, I say.
Nice story about your friend Tommy and discovering the Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun album, Pete.
@@richardmay8153 hi Richard. Interesting article and awesome pick
@@richardmay8153 hi Richard. Interesting article and awesome pick.
@@richardmay8153 hi Richard. Interesting article and awesome pick.
You can feel vert flattered, Pete. Rick Beato just stole your idea!
Two of the greatest musical moments in my life. Buying Band of Gypsies and Lark’s Tongues in Aspic without hearing them, because they looked interesting. Then hearing Machine Gun and Lark’s Tongues part 1. Sitting there saying to myself “what the hell is this”.
Knew Jimi as I flipped pages of something like Life Magazine Recounts the 60's but the psychedelic picture of him burned into my synapses. One other not-so-oldster at that family reunion, and we went to record store and speaking of amazing guitarists I bought the brand new Van Halen 1984. That cousin would soon be driving different touring bands' equipment city to city. Maybe still does.
My first Hendrix CD in the late 80s had a CD+G component to it.
If you’ve never heard the “People, Hell, and Angels” album from Jimi that came out in 2012, you gotta. It’s amazing Band of Gypsys stuff
Also one if my favorite Hendrix lps. Check out Hendrix Filmore which is an expanded version of Band of Gypsies. I have both and both are great. As is isle of Wite
Day 30. Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams I had a friend of mine who managed a record store where I grew up. His name was Jim, and he was a Nam vet and resembled Freewheelin' Franklin of the Freak Bros., cowboy hat and all. When this record came into the store he gave me a beer and we sat to down to listen to it. I had never really heard Waylon before but this was amazing. What a voice and with plenty of soul. Hey Jim, thanks lots for this and RIP brother.
1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
2. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
3. Steppenwolf - S/T
4. Mason Proffit - Wanted
5. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson
6. Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head
7. The Doors - S/T
8. Bride - Scarecrow Messiah
9. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments
10. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - On Tour
11. Tower of Power - East Bay Grease
12. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West
13. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
14. Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
15. John Michael Talbot - The Lord's Supper
16. X - Lost Angeles
17. Govt. Mule - Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends
18. Elvin Bishop - Rock My Soul
19. Iron City Houserockers - Have a Good Time.... But Get Out Alive!
20. The Choir - Circle Slide
21. MC5 - Heavy Lifting
22. Skillet - Ardent Worship
23. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation
24. Television - Marquee Moon
25. Fats Domino - Christmas Is a Special Day
26. The Stooges - Fun House
27. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity with Julie Driscoll - Streetnoise
28. Tim Buckey - Lorca
29. Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You
30. Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams
Super album
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Yep ,I was rocking Band of Gypsies in 77 and wasn’t there an Acid casualty in the band ?
The Smiths Meat is Murder. Throughout the 80s i heard of the Sniths and How soon is now? In 1990 i was listening to New Wave/Alternative Rock station WLIR/WDRE and i started hearing more of the Smiths . Bought Meat is murder because of How soon is now? Regretted that i didnt became a fan in the 80s when they were a functioning band . Some bands are just not meant to reform .
Machine Gun is probably my favorite Hendrix song.
Machine Gun is Awesome and the rest of this is pretty great.
The NYC Chronicles: 2001-2004
The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
Man some people sure love to hate The Strokes. Sure, if you look too closely at their privileged nepo baby backgrounds, it doesn't seem so rock 'n' roll. And yet it is -- rock history is littered with sons and daughters of broadway legends, movie stars and high powered executives. I had no preconceptions other than some early buzz from the UK, since they released their album and toured there months before the U.S. release. I snagged an import copy at Evil Clown records up the block from me, and I freakin' lost my mind. I hadn't had an album have such immediate impact on first play since, well, maybe Neutral Milk Hotel, not that long ago. It's simple stuff, but the songs hold up, and I still love it, even if they could never repeat that magic again.
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
New York City was on a roll. There were plenty of great albums from Sigur Rós, Trail of Dead, N*E*R*D, Sleater-Kinney, Spoon and QOTSA, but again, with Interpol's debut I was whalloped with all the right pleasure buttons being pressed all at once -- Joy Division, Comsat Angels, The Chameleons. All the best parts of my favorite post-punk and jangle pop bands rolled into one sleek, gleaming new band. The lyrics were kind of dumb, but good think I could give flying Fs.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003)
Yeah I know, the third year in a row with a NYC indie/punk band. I have to include this one or I'll be in trouble. I was a fan of their EP last year, and on their first tour before even an album out, they sold out the Empty Bottle. Anticipation was high for the album debut and what an eventful week. The album came out April 29, and I loved it, then saw them at the Metro the next night. That weekend on a first date I played part of it. Years later we got married, and one of our songs played at the wedding was "Maps." She was always kind of mad that our song became so popular.
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
Yep, another NYC band. I can't help it, they were one of my favorites for the decade. I did also first hear Swedish bands Dungen and Witchcraft, but again, I was highly anticipating this album ahead of time after their brilliant Young Liars EP, which appropriately covers The Pixies' "Mr Grieves" -- another band that released an impressive EP before an even more amazing debut album. I realized I recognized singer Tunde Adebimpe from my favorite indie movie of 2001, Jump Tomorrow. My friend John Kimbrough did the soundtrack, and Adebimpe would go on to be in a bunch of movies, and still is. Anyway, they were total originals, killed it live, and should have been bigger than they were. After nearly a decade away they're doing a tour for the 20th anniversary reissue of this album, and while Tunde has a solo album coming next, hopefully there will also be new TVOTR.