Discussion: The board does the 1970s

[chvrchbarrel]

Jun 6, 2023 9:31:57 GMT -6 Tweet said:

A somewhat comprehensive list of albums released in 1971:

Marvin Gaye- What's Going On
Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin IV
The Who- Who's Next
Joni Mitchell- Blue
Sly & The Family Stone- There's a Riot Goin' On
Carole King- Tapestry
The Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers
The Doors- LA Woman
The Allman Brothers Band- At Fillmore East
John Lennon- Imagine
David Bowie- Hunky Dory
Jethro Tull- Aqualung
Yes- Fragile
T-Rex- Electric Warrior
Janis Joplin- Pearl
Funkadelic- Maggot Brain
Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
Paul & Linda McCartney- RAM
Pink Floyd- Meddle
The Beach Boys- Surf's Up
Gil Scott-Heron- Pieces of a Man
Can- Tago Mago
David Crosby- If I could Only Remember My Name
Curtis Mayfield- Roots
van Morrison- Tupelo Honey
Don McLean- American Pie
John Prine- s/t
America- s/t
Elton John- Madman Across the Water
Booker T & The M.G's- Melting Pot
Al Green- All Green Gets Next To You
Bill Withers- Just As I Am
Genesis- Nursery Cryme

Did I miss anything? You know where to find me. Tomorrow- 1972

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Budgie - Budgie
Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Yes - Yes Album
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
REO Speedwagon - REO Speedwagon
Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse
Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You
Wet Willie - Wet Willie
Carpenters - Carpenters

[venom]

Jun 6, 2023 9:19:42 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

Hollywood Brats - s/t [Grown Up Wrong]: Doing some punk digging and found this somewhat-forgotten British punk band with a 3-year career and one record to show for it. Originally recorded in '73 but not released until '75, as 'Grown Up Wrong,' its more-melodic approach to punk is certainly reminiscent of the Ramones (even though their own debut wouldn't drop until '76). Very glad I found this, but also not sure how high it'd rank on my list

after they split, this band's keyboardist joined the boys and some of the brats songs ended up on their debut. now, that's an album that might make the cut for my list. and the singer later joined a band with mick jones before the clash too.

[chvrchbarrel]

Jun 6, 2023 10:21:09 GMT -6 venom said:

Jun 6, 2023 9:19:42 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

Hollywood Brats - s/t [Grown Up Wrong]: Doing some punk digging and found this somewhat-forgotten British punk band with a 3-year career and one record to show for it. Originally recorded in '73 but not released until '75, as 'Grown Up Wrong,' its more-melodic approach to punk is certainly reminiscent of the Ramones (even though their own debut wouldn't drop until '76). Very glad I found this, but also not sure how high it'd rank on my list

after they split, this band's keyboardist joined the boys and some of the brats songs ended up on their debut. now, that's an album that might make the cut for my list. and the singer later joined a band with mick jones before the clash too.

did not know! the boys debut is on my list to listen to!

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for 1971, i would also add:

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this is a great funk album with a sad history. baby huey and the babysitters had been around for years without an LP. curtis mayfield wanted to sign huey but not the rest of the band. when huey died during recording, mayfield finished the album with session musicians and left the babysitters out of royalties. still, "hard times" and the "a change is gonna come" cover here are awesome.

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a classic. "famous blue raincoat" is probably the most famous song here, but "avalanche" is beautifully haunting. i also have a soft spot for "diamonds in the mine."

[chvrchbarrel]

Do you remember Turntable / plug.dj / JQBX?

The new iteration is currently in beta, but I tested it out last night with my girlfriend and it works just fine. Do a quick mobile-based signup, connect your Spotify, and spin some '70s tunes with me today if your day is as slow as mine.

dancefloor: sucking in the seventies

[monasterymonochrome]

Love love love that Baby Huey record - s/o to Steve Krakow's Secret History of Chicago Music column for the Reader for turning me onto it.

Leonard's Love and Hate is probably my favorite of his from the 70s, but I also want to mention Recent Songs, from 1979. The most underrated chapter in his discography, IMO. It's a very haunting, gorgeously acoustic record that harkens back to his debut record. It has a very "Greek" feel to me. Not mention some of his most yearning poetry. Check out opening track "The Guests" and go from there.

[monasterymonochrome]

Seriously - just watch/listen to him introduce the song on German TV in 1979. Like, damn. Leonard could get it.

[chvrchbarrel]

monastery come dj with me what the fuck

[monasterymonochrome]

Captain fuckin' Beyond - one of my favorite hard rock finds of all time. Went to a bar in Williamsburg 4-5 years ago and heard an awesome song on the stereo. Shazam'd it - it was Captain Beyond. Heard another one right after that. Shazam'd it. Yep, Captain Beyond again. (pretty sure it was Frozen Days > Thousand Days of Yesterday, IIRC). This album absolutely rules. They were a supergroup feat. Deep Purple's original vocalist (of "Hush" fame), the guitarist and bassist from Iron Butterfly, and Johnny Winter's drummer. Ambitious, soaring, never boring rock shit. Listen to those two songs I named earlier in that parenthetical and let it wash over you. Hell yes.

[monasterymonochrome]

Jun 6, 2023 11:20:28 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

monastery come dj with me what the fuck

Idk how this works (never did JQBX) but I'll try lmao

[chvrchbarrel]

you just sign up and then link your spotify account. then you can join the dj booth and we take turns picking cuts. you can build a queue, access your spotify playlists, etc

[chvrchbarrel]

guys get in the room, me and monastery are raising the roof, everybody is taking their panties off!

[chvrchbarrel]

its slutty and we're not worried about diseases!

[monasterymonochrome]

Idk if this is a Miles Davis hot take, but I much prefer this record (Tribute to Jack Johnson) over Bitches Brew. I love how focuses this one is - the melodies are tight and memorable, McLaughlin is probably playing the best music of his career, Miles has some jaw-dropping solos, and the rhythm sections brings a steady onslaught of energy. I enjoy BB plenty, but it's sooo long and tends to give me a headache by the end of its runtime, despite the torrent of cool sounds and textures. It's a good one, but feels more like an Important record than one I actively gravitate towards. Right now it ranks fourth in my 70s Miles canon.

[monasterymonochrome]

Miles Davis - On the Corner: Possibly my favorite Miles record of the 70s. I would probably have ranked it as such before today, but I really enjoyed my re-listen of Jack Johnson so now I'm thinking of them as fairly neck-and-neck. This one is truly hypnotic, riding out a groove to its extreme limits. It feels sleeker than Bitches Brew, anchored by sitar and a veritable army of drummers. It's like rhythm personified. A fascinating concept, and one that was derided upon its release but time has fully redeemed.

[monasterymonochrome]

This was my next listen today, and has been a record in steady rotation for me since April. Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus. Bennie plays on both of the Miles records above, as well as on Herbie Hancock's Headhunters-era records. In fact, that band - Herbie included - make up much of the personnel here. But instead of an electrified funk-jazz record, we get a classic of spiritual jazz. It's honestly so impressive that this band made, say, "Ensenada," one of the sparsest, most serene and beautiful jazz tracks I've ever heard, and could turn around and cut ferocious bangers like "Chameleon." The rest of the record is equally gorgeous. A masterclass in mood-setting, it's freeform but not abrasive, it shimmers - actually, it feels almost enchanted. I would also caution that I found it to be a grower. On first listen I was only kinda into it. But something kept drawing me back and now I've listened like a dozen times in the last month. A truly unique gem of a record.

[monasterymonochrome]

Spent the morning revisiting my favorite krautrock band, or kosmische musik as they and I prefer to call it. I got heavy into this sound when I was in college - as I assumed it was what all "cool" aspiring radio DJs were supposed to do. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Can and Kraftwerk (and Faust! and Silver Apples!), and they'll show up on my list. But this is my platonic ideal of the genre. True cosmic music.

The record above is Neu!'s third LP, Neu! 75, and IMO is their best. You want a futuristic soundtrack to taking the monorail at Epcot? Listen to "ISI". More in the mood for impossibly beautiful synth melodies? "Seeland" is for you. How about computerized seascapes / ambient Sebadoh? Check out "Leb' wohl". A coked out proto-punk rager? "Hero" should scratch that itch. And we would be remiss not to include a stretched-out motorik banger, thankfully there's "E-musik" for your ears. In five songs over thirty-eight minutes, Neu! flesh out the full spectrum of kosmische sounds. It's honestly a note-perfect album. I love both of their other 70s records, but this one forgoes the uneven patches that hamper those records and transcends into something else. It's a beautiful testament to creativity and the most otherworldly record in a scene that so often aimed to upend mortal limitations.

[chvrchbarrel]

Yeah I really love that Neu album

[monasterymonochrome]

Just one of the coolest albums of all time. And I've said it before and I'll say it again - one of the greatest drumming albums of all time. Jaki Leibezeit was an absolute monster, dude's grooves are immense, he's always in the pocket, and the only rock drummer I've ever heard use so much of his kit so effectively is, like, Bill Kreutzmann on those 1972 Dark Stars. All things considered, Tago Mago is a jazz fusion record masquerading as a rock record. Both in terms of rhythms, extended soloing improvisations, and tape splicing techniques, this shares considerably more DNA with Bitches Brew than, say, Eat a Peach (just to give an example of a rock record w/ long compositions). Its runtime is pretty daunting and I find the sections of improv that really inspire me to be fairly frontloaded on the tracklist. And shout-out to "Peking O" to be one of the weirdest tracks ever included on a Classic Album. But altogether it's a genius record.

[monasterymonochrome]

That said... I think Future Days might be my favorite Can album? It's really tough to decide, and honestly I think they'll end up very close to each other on my final list. This one reins in the propulsive expansiveness of Tago Mago for more inward-feeling explorations. Sure, "Bel Air" clocks in around 20 minutes, but it's more concerned with liquidy, acidic textures and tones than, say, the electric Miles style rhythm fests of old. The melodies on this record are divine, particularly the section of "Bel Air" that starts around 10:20, not to mention the compact "Moonshake" and the title track. As for the guitar tones - gorgeous! lyrical! breezy! - idk what was in the air in 1973, but Can and Jerry Garcia were both breathing it in. Tago-Mago and Ege Bamyasi are terrific, but this might be Can's masterpiece.

[monasterymonochrome]

Don Cherry is my favorite trumpet player, and this album is a huge reason why. A spellbinding brew of spiritual jazz, raga, and fusion-adjacent funk. Probably the album that most thoroughly unites all the dominant jazz camps of the early 70s.

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1972 and 1973 are coming tomorrow- had a bit of a crisis I had to figure out today. I know y’all were waiting with baited breath

[monasterymonochrome]

Yes. Yessss. YEESSSS.

One of my first favorite albums, actually it was the first LP I ever bought (for $0.25 at Goodwill). My friends and I were all obsessed with Boston in middle school, circa 2009. Unsurprisingly, we were not popular. Anyways, this album ruled back then and it still rules today. We need to bring back the era of dropping extended organ solos in the middle of pop hits. Also, the guitar solo to "Hitch A Ride" still gave me goosebumps this morning. Haven't listened to it in a few years but I still know every note.

[monasterymonochrome]

The Meters are an incredible band - one of the more underrated outside of the city of New Orleans. Endless grooves, relentlessly good vibes - just some of the bounciest music you can ever hear. Look Ka Py Py is another of my favorite drumming albums of all time. Ziggy Modeliste is so creative here, so comfortable in the pocket and so fuckin' cool sounding. One of those drummers whose parts sound simple but blow my mind every time I try and listen to what he's actually playing. That album is my favorite of theirs, but it's all instrumental and (also) very organ based. Tremendous vibes, but I'd recommend Rejuvenation for any first-time Meters listeners. This one shifts their second-line rhythms into a more straight-funk style and the fusion works beautifully. Both albums are masterpieces and both maaay make my list.

[chvrchbarrel]

another incredible band - van halen

[chvrchbarrel]

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A somewhat comprehensive list of albums released in 1972:

Neil Young- Harvest
The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main St.
Deep Purple- Machine Head (nana's favorite album of all time?)
Nick Drake- Pink Moon
Stevie Wonder- Talking Book
Alice Cooper- School's out
Lou Reed- Transformer (Tweet's favorite album of all time?)
Curtis Mayfield- Superfly
Todd Rungren- Something/Anything?
The Allman Brothers- Eat a Peach
Black Sabbath- Vol. 4
T-Rex- The Slider
Joni Mitchell- For the Roses
Big Star- #1 Record
Chicago- Chicago V
Steely Dan- Can't Buy a Thrill
Paul Simon- s/t
Little Feat- Sailin' Shoes
The Grateful Dead- Europe '72
Charles Mingus- Let My Children Hear Music
Al Green- I'm Still In Love With You
Fela & The Africa 70- Roforofo Fight
Elton John- Honky Chateau
Terry Callier- What Color is Love
Bill Withers- Still Bill
Neu!- s/t
Can- Ege Bamyasi
Aretha Franklin- Amazing Grace
Jethero Tull- Thick as a Brick
Al Green- Let's Stay Together
Genesis- Foxtrot
Miles Davis- On the Corner
Yes- Close to the Edge
David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Roxy Music- s/t
War- The World is a Ghetto
Jimmy Cliff- The Harder They Come
Randy Newman- Sail Away
Eagles- s/t
J.J CAle- Naturally
Blue Oyster Cult- s/t

Let me know as always if I missed anything

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A somewhat comprehensive list of albums released in 1973:

Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
Pink Floyd- The Dark Side of the Moon
The Who- Quadrophenia
David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
Stevie Wonder- Innervisions
Roxy Music- For Your Pleasure
The Stooges- Raw Power
Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Paul McCartney & Wings- Band on the Run
Black Sabbath- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
The Rolling Stones- Goats Head Soup
Marvin Gaye- Let's Get it On
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
Steely Dan- Countdown to Ecstasy
Lou Reed- Berlin
Tom Waits- Closing Time
The Wailers- Catch a Fire
Bruce Springsteen- Greetings From Ashbury Park
ZZ Top- Tres Hombres
Bruce Springsteen- The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
New York Dolls- s/t
Herbie Hancock- Head Hunters
John Cale- Paris 1919
Jackson Browne- For Everyman
Aerosmith- s/t
Sly & The Family Stone- Fresh
The Allman Brothers Band- Brothers and Sisters
Can- Future Days
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Burnin'
John Prine- Sweet Revenge
Willie Nelson- Shotgun Willie
Al Green- Call Me
Gram Parsons- GP
The Isley brothers- 3+3
Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells
James Brown- The Payback
(Brian) Eno- Here Come the Warm Jets
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken
Neil Young- Time Fades Away
Eagles- Desperado
Grand Funk Railroad- We're an American Band
Bachman-Turner Overdrive- Backman-Turner Overdrive 2
Queen- s/t
Billy Joel- Piano Man
Joe Walsh- The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get

blah blah blah, let me know what I missed

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Also I have added all these lists, or at least the link to them, to the first post. They don't seem to link on mobile which I think is a proboards thing but they are there for reference

[monasterymonochrome]

Reposting here something I wrote about these two classics last January. I still agree with it all - tho idk if Sextant is overall strong enough to crack the top 100. Headhunters will place highly.

"Closed off Herbie Hancock Day with a double-feature from his funk-fusion era. Headhunters - for those unfamiliar - is undoubtedly his biggest record, and is, in my opinion, one of the jazz records that I'd immediately recommend to almost anyone new to the genre. It's an infectious, alive, honestly perfect album.

Sextant was new to me today. It came out the same year as Headhunters, just a few months before. And maaan it's a weird one. The whole thing is drenched in early Moog and synth action so heavy that I swear I'm listening to Seastones at times, especially in the opener, "Rain Dance." But Herbie is a master of rhythm, and he carves these otherworldly sound textures into transcendent grooves all over this album. "Hidden Shadows" was revelatory for me, today. Herbie is damn near avant-garde here, especially with his killer solo midway through. But the whole thing grooves so fucking hard, it's like "On The Corner" - which Herbie played on the year prior - blasted into space. It maps the same terrain that Sun Ra would get to six years later for Lanquidity. It's not always for the faint of heart, but it's incredible and so worth your time."