Some albums that verge on perfection.
1. Yes - Close to the Edge
2. Elton John - Madman Across the Water
3. Grateful Dead - Workingman’s Dead
4. Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
5. The Beatles - White Album
6. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
7. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveler
8. Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase
9. Crack the Sky - Safety in Numbers
10. The Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs
Great list!
Chronologically
1. Blind Willie Johnson – ”It's Nobody's Fault but Mine” b/w "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"
a. Side B is on the Voyager.
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2. Various – Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey 1959-1960
a. A true treasure of recordings from a man driven to visit rural America and ask “who is the best musician in your town?”
3. Love – Forever Changes
a. 60’s pop orchestral, known as baroque rock, a genre frequently stronger than George Martin.
4. Cannonball Adderley – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
a. First hard bop album I discovered, from dad’s collection, swings hard.
5. Leo Kottke – 6 & 12 String Guitar
a. Gateway drug to instrumental acoustic.
6. The Stooges – Funhouse
a. It’s not rock if your parents like it.
7. Tony Conrad/Faust – Outside the Dream Syndicate
a. The Theatre of Eternal Music became the drone music of the Velvet Underground.
8. Dick Gaughan – Handful of Earth
a. Traditional songs with as much political punch as Phil Ochs, fingerpicked in a Martin Carthy style.
9. Lou Reed – New York
a. On release the lyrics were added to the NY Times as an editorial.
10. Alejandro Escovedo – Gravity
a. Singer/songwriters are a deep interest, and this album hits as hard as it was for Alejandro to make.
1. Yes - Close to the Edge
2. Elton John - Madman Across the Water
3. Grateful Dead - Workingman’s Dead
4. Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
5. The Beatles - White Album
6. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
7. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveler
8. Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase
9. Crack the Sky - Safety in Numbers
10. The Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs
Great list!
Chronologically
1. Blind Willie Johnson – ”It's Nobody's Fault but Mine” b/w "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"
a. Side B is on the Voyager.
.
2. Various – Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey 1959-1960
a. A true treasure of recordings from a man driven to visit rural America and ask “who is the best musician in your town?”
.
3. Love – Forever Changes
a. 60’s pop orchestral, known as baroque rock, a genre frequently stronger than George Martin.
.
4. Cannonball Adderley – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
a. First hard bop album I discovered, from dad’s collection, swings hard.
.
5. Leo Kottke – 6 & 12 String Guitar
a. Gateway drug to instrumental acoustic.
.
6. The Stooges – Funhouse
a. It’s not rock if your parents like it.
.
7. Tony Conrad/Faust – Outside the Dream Syndicate
a. The Theatre of Eternal Music became the drone music of the Velvet Underground.
.
8. Dick Gaughan – Handful of Earth
a. Traditional songs with as much political punch as Phil Ochs, fingerpicked in a Martin Carthy style.
.
9. Lou Reed – New York
a. On release the lyrics were added to the NY Times as an editorial.
.
10. Alejandro Escovedo – Gravity
a. Singer/songwriters are a deep interest, and this album hits as hard as it was for Alejandro to make.