Yesesis´s & Mortte`s Album Thread

The Moody Blues: Strange Times

At first those electric drum bases were quite irritating, mostly album was also quite cheesy, but there where few songs that sounds really "old Moody Blues": only Thomas song "My Little Lovely" and only Edge song "Nothing Changes". But really I think I have listened all the Moody Blues albums I want to listen. Going next into "The Magnificent Moodies" (I have listened it only few times).

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica

I have started to listen all Beefheart albums in chronological order and now it was Trout´s turn. God´s it´s masterpiece and sounded really great again (it was some time for the last listening)! So tight playing (well they rehearsaled a year that album in those terrible conditions), absolutely mad genius a whole album! One of the my top10 all time albums! Fasten Bulbus (Bulbus also tapered)

Little Feat: s/t

Their first album really aren´t their greatest. This was just second time for me and it was last year I borrowed this from the library. Anyway this is quite interesting, not sound quite the same as the other Feat albums. Really a mix almost all the root styles of America (even really originally sounding covers of Howlin´s Forty Four and How many more years, on the other hand little pale comparing the originals), also there are few almost prog pieces with great string instruments (Brides Of Jesus & Takin My Time). Really love also Lowell´s soulful vocals!

Jukka Tolonen: Tolonen!

It was last year I first time listened this Finnish guitar legend first album  really much got praise and even sold quite well when it came). I had always though it is full of guitar solos, but instead the only true "guitar hero" piece is "Ramblin" and others are really beautiful, melodic pieces. Really a recommendation to all Finnish prog friends!

Damon & Naomi with Ghost: s/t

I have quite recently listened all the albums of Japan psych band Ghost, but noticed some days ago they´ve made also this collaboration album. This was really beautiful, quite acoustic, nice and mellow. Really soft ending to my evening!

The Who: Who´s Last

I remember in the eighties when there came the Who concert in the Finnish television. I think it was on their last tour in eighties where also this album was recorded. Although I got my Who sparkle from that concert, I had got that picture they weren´t at their best in that. So I haven´t listened this album before today. I was really surprised how good this sounded, sound is really rough, if they had done some redoings in studio that hadn´t done anything bad into that great live sound! Also Ox´s great bass sound is easily to be heard! Of course this is not like "Live at Leeds", but anyway in the level of all the other Who-lives I have heard! Really can´t also understand why Roger didn´t like Kenneys drumming, of course he isn´t Moon, but doing really great job, as good as the other Who drummers (well maybe Zak is little better).

Charley Patton: Founder Of the Delta Blues

To me this man is also founder of popular music! Just like Robert Johnson he had almost all the elements in his primitive music I love! Really personal and soulful vocals, really great, rhythmic guitar playing with so interesting, melodic chords, Charley even do interesting rhythms slapping the cover of his guitar! This was time before boring 12-bar rule in blues, you can easily hear the African influences there, also influences from the native Americans (it had said Charley was partly American native just like Hendrix). Robert Johnson has been the biggest blues man to me, but now it´s very hard to decide between Patton, Johnson & Skip James.

Ghost: s/t

First have to say this isn´t that Swedish metal band (not my beef at all). This is Japanese psych bands first album from the nineties. I made a review today in PA, so you can read more there if you want to know what I like this. Just saying Ghost is not my biggest nineties favorites, but very interesting band and differs a great way from the common nineties "sound" that I haven´t ever been so much into.

Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts

This is masterpiece! It´s clear to many here, but hasn´t been to me. It took many years to understand greatness of this album. Today I pay attention how greatly this is recorded, sounds are really colourful, when it´s mostly made from percussions, keyboards and horns & woods. I know Fripp is in guitar, but really I didn´t hear the guitar at all there today. VdGG hasn´t been the greatest progbands to me, but it has risen every day higher...really hope their gig will be in November!

The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (the original version with Martin´s B-side)

This is the only official studio album from Beatles I haven´t got as vinyl. Also it´s long time I have seen that film, and today was the first time I listened this as a whole. Today I paid attention "Only Northern Song" sounded really much the same as Beatles in Revolver/Sgt and watched then from the wiki it really was recorded in Sgt. sessions, just like same sounding "It´s All Too Much". "Hey Bulldog" came from the radio about year ago and I didn´t recognized what song it is, of course when they say it´s "Hey Bulldog" I remembered it´s from Submarine. Anyway I think Harrison songs are the greatest in this album, Paul has said himself about his song it´s throw-away. I enjoyed the B-side, but can´t say it´s great. The most funny was "Yellow Submarine In Pepperland".

Pere Ubu: The Long Goodbye

This is genius, really disturbed pop-album! One my last year highlights! I believe if Beefheart had lived and made album in 2019, it would have sounded like this (of course he would have gone into cheap sounding synths also). I haven´t ever used LSD, but I believe this album is like bad LSD-trip, last song "Lovely Day" is like next morning just after that trip when there are still some twisting flashes in mind although everything starts to look clearer. I read somewhere this will be their last album, really hope it´s not!

none of the albums after Judgement are metal. And even Judgement is not that heavy.