Yesesis´s & Mortte`s Album Thread

Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire & Beyond, 1964-69

I have mostly just driving in a car this week in my work. Yesterday I really get bored to same songs all over again in the radio. Then I noticed that car has cd-player (I have drive it almost a year every now & then)! So I have listened this 4cd compilation yesterday and today in a work. This compilation really proves how much there were guitar based garage/psych bands in UK and round the world that just didn´t make it. Also proves that punk rock really wasn´t invented in seventies! Of course many of these are just good ones, but also some really great! My fave bands in this are: The Creations, Tomorrow (Steve Howe was in this), the Pretty Things, the Misunderstood, the Masters Apprentices, We All Together, Kaleidoscope, the Troggs, Timebox, Love Sculpture, the Bluestars, the Open Mind, the Dantalian´s Chariot (this band has Police´s Andy Summers, their great album from 1967 was released in the nineties), Os Mutantes & the Blossom Toes.

Eddie Cochran: Singin`To My Baby

I have been Cochran-fan from the eighties, but it was not yet till 2000`s when I got to know existence of this his only album he released in his lifetime. But I wasn´t the only one in Finland, even Jake Nyman who made first Finnish language Rock encyclopedia in the end of seventies didn´t know it. Many R´n`R-fans don´t like this album because it has more ballads than rockers, but as one journalist in that Cochran-magazine I just read (probably same kind of fanboy as I) said this masterpiece and I agree with him. Reason is that this album includes so many sides of fifties music, also it´s recorded and played really well! Also it´s not typical single-collection as many other fifties albums are (although many of them are still as great masterpieces), Cochran made these songs for this album. Have to say I love Cochran´s style of vocals much more than Elvis, he´s much more versatile, from raw to soft (but not ever too soft). Also here are the great guitar playing, really love also Cochran´s ukule playing in two pieces: "Loving Time" & "Drive In Show". If somebody started to interest this album, I really recommended 1958 UK version, where was added three great pieces for example great re-make of "Twenty Flight Rock".

Christian Vander: Tristan et Iseult (later under name Magma: Wurdah Itah)

Really wonder, is there anything in this albums lyrics from that original love-story? I believe Vander just used opportunity to get recorded the second part of his trilogy. Anyway this album sounds really great and hard to believe there is only small choir, bass, piano & drums! I hope this next won´t hurt you Yesesis. I really love the whole trilogy, but if I have to say which is better, I think first part is the best, then comes this and then MDK. I really love also MDK, but I just think those two other parts are musically more versatile.

Os Mutantes: Mutantes

Arco Iris is the greatest South-American band to me, but Os Mutantes comes also really close! This "Brazilian Beatles" mix into their psychedelic pop elements from Zappa-style avantgarde and also naturally from Brazilian folk music. So it won´t be wrong to say this world music. This their second album is as cheerful as the first! But there are also three really great slow, sad pieces: "Dia 36", "Fuga No II" & "Qualquer Bobagem", although the last one changes into parody of dramatic songs in the end when it starts to collapse. This album and band really aren´t for those who thinks musicmaking has to be always deadly serious!

The Stranglers: Rattus Norvegicus

Some journalists said in 1977 that the Stranglers are not punk band, because they´re skillful players and one member is too old. But attitude in this band has really been punk! In this their first album there are all the great elements of that band: great keyboardplaying of Dave Greenfield, really great bass playing & sound of Burnell and what´s most important: great and yes, progressive melodic songs! Towards prog they really go into ending piece that lasts over 7 minutes and even has four parts! I think together with Talking Heads & Television this band made post-punk, although that term didn´t exist then. Also I think they were pioneers of "progpunk", little later for example bands like "Minutemen" and "Nomeansno" continue from the same basis into more complex music.

And fabulous Laura (she´s really not known at all in Europe, but I have thought she was very famous in US):

I quite enjoy that and, you're right Mortte, it's pretty eclectic(versatile).

Ok my notes.. School Days - massive classic!
Deep Feeling - Instrumental
Too Much Monkey Business - rockin, good groove to it. jammin guitar break. favorite song on album.
Wee Wee Hours - very smooth
Roly Poly and Berry Pickin' guitar jam(liked the latter more).
No Money Down - Story
Brown Eyed Handsome Man - the jam
Together (We'll Always Be)  and Drifting Heart - Slower, relaxing 
Havana Moon - Cool and different from the rest of the album.

Not sure if I liked that as much as Little Richard's debut last night(which I listened to again this morning btw). But it was quite good and I definitely enjoyed it.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I think I've heard every ELP album except works. I even used to own works volume 2 but not the original black album. How weird is that? I also haven't heard the triple live welcome back my friends.... but that's a live album so it doesn't really count. Speaking of live albums I recommend listening to all the worlds a stage by Rush and Playing the Fool by Gentle Giant. I'm sure you have probably heard the live Genesis albums. If not add seconds out to the list also.

Thank you for the suggestions. Man, too many albums too little time! lol. But I like GG a lot so definitely might check out this Playing the Fool deal at some point.

That's an album I wish I'd discovered years ago! I liked it better even than the one last night. That was really really good.

Ok, my notes. True, Fine Mama I liked a lot. Good flow to it. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave also. Ready Teddy and Jenny, Jenny were rockin. Slippin' and Slidin' was very good. Miss Anne and Oh Why? were the two weakest tracks imo(but still good). Rip It Up had a cool sound to it and was my favorite track on the album. Tutti Frutti everyone knows, all time great.

Yeah that's an album I'll definitely listen to again. And again... and again...